[K3CAL] Field Day Equipment (Results of Field Day Meeting held 5-19-2015)

[N3AE]

Tom,

The Johnson matchbox is there just in case we have an antenna that is difficult to match on some band.  It has a larger impedance matching range than most built-in tuners.

N3AE
----- Original Message -----
From: Thomas Rozenbroek <kb2bcg at arrl.net>
To: Calvert Amateur Radio Association - K3CAL <k3cal at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thu, 04 Jun 2015 03:40:22 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: [K3CAL] Field Day Equipment (Results of Field Day Meeting held 5-19-2015)

Good Evening,

A few questions, if I may.

   1. Is there any additional gear/accessories that would be helpful for 
Field Day?
   2. Did the question related to power supplies ever get resolved?

 From the spreadsheet at the enclosed URL
   3. Did I commit to bringing a computer?  If so, how should it be 
configured?  (I remember discussing a printer, but not a computer. 
Please let me know, if my mind has checked out again.)
   4. The TS-440S has a built-in auto-tuner, so can I assume that the 
Johnson Matchbox Tuner is being used as a balun as much as a tuner? 
Would external Baluns be of value? (Also, the MFJ tuner has balanced 
output as well as unbalanced (coax) output.)
   5. I have the Kenwood IF-232 interface for the Kenwood TS-440S. Is 
there any interest in having it for Field Day along with the TS-440S?
   6. For completeness, I committed to bring a 12 volt 30 amp power 
supply and a 12 volt 40 amp power supply.  (These can drive the TS-680 
and TS-440S stations including ancillary equipment.)
   7. Do we have any idea what supplies will be needed for grounding 
(grounding rods, heavy gauge cable for ground lines, etc)?

Thank you in advance for the clarifications.

73s,

kb2bcg
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On 5/30/2015 9:23 PM, Karl Long wrote:
> I currently only have one power supply (borrowed from Shawn).  I may 
> or may not have access to another before field Day.
>
> Can anyone else bring a 30A power supply?
>
> Karl
> KG1L
>
> > From: eric at christensenplace.us
> > To: k3cal at mailman.qth.net
> > Date: Mon, 25 May 2015 13:59:25 -0400
> > Subject: Re: [K3CAL] Results of Field Day Meeting held 5-19-2015
> >
> > On Monday, May 25, 2015 12:19:00 PM Monica Noell wrote:
> > > Groups works for me. Absolutely! Please lead the way!!
> >
> > Okay, this is what I was thinking...
> >
> > https://ethercalc.org/a8u0lavfil
> >
> > From this we've got five complete stations with a few holes and an 
> extra
> > transceiver. I moved my station to the "free above-50Mhz" category 
> since
> > we're allowed to do such things (section 4.1.2 of the Field Day 
> rules) as a
> > Class A station.
> >
> > I suspect we'll need to add a column in there for figuring out 
> antenna support
> > structures for each antenna although since the supports could be 
> used for more
> > than one antenna perhaps we should draw it all out instead.
> >
> > 73,
> > Eric W4OTN
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