[HCRA] Field Day VHF Station

Eric Richardson sandmanofcs at earthlink.net
Sat Jun 6 22:40:31 EDT 2009


I would be interested. All I would need is housing for the station, and a light for night operation. I can bring a couple chairs, and I can bring my laptop. 

Eric
KB1JVI

-----Original Message-----
>From: George Collins <gjcollins at cox.net>
>Sent: Jun 6, 2009 10:23 PM
>To: hcra-fd at yahoogroups.com, HCRA Mailing List <hcra at mailman.qth.net>
>Cc: "John Pise, KX1X" <kx1x at comcast.net>
>Subject: [HCRA] Field Day VHF Station
>
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>Hello,
>
>If anyone wants to put a VHF/UHF station on the air for Field Day, I'll be 
>glad to loan some equipment to the cause.  I have a 6-el Hygain 6-meter Yagi 
>that is really a nice antenna (~28' boom), a 13-el Cushcraft 2-m Boomer 
>(pretty fair antenna) and I have a couple smaller (12 or 13 element) 432 
>antennas.  I may have a pair of 15-el Qagis by FD time.  I also have a 
>rotator that will turn anything we would want to put up.  I'll bring my 
>FT-897D if nothing better is available.  The FT-897 is fine on 6 and pretty 
>good on 2, but doesn't hear that well on 70 cm and only outputs 10 watts. 
>For FD, sticking to just 6 and 2 is probably okay anyway.
>
>I can help with the antenna setup, but won't have much time to operate.
>
>Don't forget, the ARRL Spring VHF Contest is this coming weekend.
>
>73,
>
>George, KC1V 
>
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