[GCARC] Field Day Thoughts

[kbfrank3 at verizon.net]

Two Thoughts for Improvement:
1)  The trouble with GOTA is that it often is limited to a "Shit" band
rather than a "Money" band, in order to avoid local QRM.  Last year this was
10 Meters, but 10 has now roared back to life.
Who wants to volunteer to waste time on this?   I felt sorry for Mark WM2Y,
who put in a good effort to set up a 10 Meter GOTA station last year.
2)  The club seems concerned with keeping visitors to the Wine Festival from
entering our space.  On the other hand, some clubs set up a Publicity Table
and invite the public to tour their Field Day operation, with a guided tour
often ending up at the much underutilized GOTA station.  So, if we are
fortunate enough to be synchronized with the Wine Festival again in 2022,
maybe we could plan to set up a "Welcome" booth on our perimeter, rather
than a "Keep Away" guardhouse.  In order to assure easy contacts from the
GOTA station, we could simply use the repeater and encourage club members
who do not attend Field Day to monitor the repeater and provide contacts.
No Field Day points here, but a good demonstration of Amateur Radio that
will not interfere with the Blood and Guts guys (once Jon and Frank are
finished making their Satellite QSOs).
Karl W2KBF

-----Original Message-----
From: gcarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net <gcarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On
Behalf Of Vinnie Sallustio
Sent: Tuesday, April 5, 2022 8:48 PM
To: GCARC <gcarc at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: [GCARC] Field Day update

Hi Gcarc,


  1.  I think I will have a 10M station this year. The band has been very
active, and I do not see any change. I will ask Al KB2AYU if he wants it
with his 6M station. If not, I think I will take it on our 40M SSB station.
The antenna will be a wire IMAX. Basically, an IMAX that had the fiberglass
destroyed in a wind storm, replacing the fiberglass portion with a wire,
because that is all the fiberglass was covering anyway. This is a great
antenna for Field Day. When we used it in the last cycle, we had nearly 500
contacts on it.

  1.  40 CW station. I have not heard anything from the regulars on this
station, if they were going to run it. Please let me know if you guys are
good or not.

  1.  40M SSB. We are still looking for operators. So far, only Dennis
Sandole has volunteered. I am taking any operators, from beginners to
seasoned contesters, and in between. Training will be provided. We need some
coverage from like 6pm-12 midnight, overnight, and Sunday morning til about
11am.

  1.  Food policy will be the same as the last 2 years. You will supply your
own food for your station/stations. You can bring prepared food, fast food,
whatever your station can manage. Some stations combined and shared food.

  1.  Last year, I had 2 club members (one was a minister/reverend) that
came at last minute and wanted to set up a station. I do not know their
names, but you are more than welcome to join any station that needs you. You
can be operators at our 40M SSB station, if you wish.

  1.  No volunteers on a GOTA (Get on the Air) station as of yet.

Sincerely,

Vinnie
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