[CVCC] Field Day 2013

[H. M. Motley, Jr,]

Since we were not doing FD this year I visited the joint RATS/RARC field day.  They do a nice job of setting up stations and antennas - 2 main stations, one GOTA, and 1 VHF.  Antennas consisted of 2 horizontal loops, a pole holding a 2 meter yagi and 6 and 2 meter horizontal omni-directionals, a two meter J-pole for the talk-in station and a couple of dipoles for the GOTA station. Computers were provided running N1MM and all networked.  A very impressive FD set up indeed.

I helped a bit with antenna installation and then returned about 11:00 P.M Saturday night for a little CW operating and worked 230 stations in 3 or 4 hours.  This more than doubled their total QSO total at that time.

I want to express my gratitude to the two clubs who allowed me to participate with them for the short time I had available. 

I hope CVCC members will start thinking now about doing Field Day 2014. Maybe we need to do it differently than we have in the past?  I just think we need to do it.  I could set up a tent in my back yard, put one of our loops up in the trees, run my generator and one rig and go 1A.  I have a grill and live on a lake!  We could have a picnic, go fishing and/or boating, and try to keep one rig on the air for 24 hours.  It would be a low key, have fun event.  Other better ideas are certainly welcome???  

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