[FieldDay] GENERATOR SAFETY

[Tom Pennebaker]

All this fuss about generators. This is antiquated technology. Use
batteries, the benefits are endless, the cost is cheaper. Batteries must
have a down side, just can't think of any at the moment. I would quit FD if
I had to go back to generators.....

On another note, why all the towers and beams. This is ludicrous in my
opinion. 90% of your contacts will be east of the Mississippi River. A beam
will skip right over all the good stuff. Make shift tower/beam installations
are DANGEROUS!! Way too much work for the performance. Sometimes simple is
better. Field Day is such a case.......It's rather ironic, every year I
strive to make FD simpler, every year our score gets better. This is with
plain vanilla operators.

This year there will be no VHF stuff. Not enough bang for the buck! ( Not
enough points for the effort ) Putting those ops in a more productive
position. Hope it works out better......Tom N4RS