[K3pzn-board] Contesting with the Emergency Communications Vehicle

[Keith Krichinsky]

Thanks for your suggestions.  I will bring them up for discussion tomorrow 
night.



73,

Keith Krichinsky - KB3HHK





----Original Message Follows----
From: James Nitzberg <wx3b at yahoo.com>
Reply-To: Board of Directors of the Carroll County Amateur Radio Club 
<k3pzn-board at mailman.qth.net>
To: k3pzn-board at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [K3pzn-board] Contesting with the Emergency Communications Vehicle
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 14:33:18 -0700 (PDT)

Hi Keith;

Thanks for the many reminders about this meeting and I
certainly fall into the "thinking about using it  for
contesting" category.

I won't be at the meeting this Thursday so this will
be some of my thoughts and ideas.

As much as I'd like to turn it into a VHF/HF rover
contest station, I have to admit that the primary
purpose is to provide communications during
emergencies and other events that would benefit from
our communication support.

With that stated as the primary purpose - contesting
might be a side benefit but I wouldn't want to
sacrifice the "emergency services" part of our
mission.

Here's would would be nice to have:

1.  An HF mobile antenna or two - like a Screwdriver,
or hamsticks that can go on the roof with a magnetic
mount.

2.  A light-weight triband Yagi antenna for 2 & 440
that can be mounted on the 40 foot mast and rotated.
a small 6 meter beam would be nice as well.

3.  One radio that can do HF, VHF and UHF that is a
"reasonable" contest radio.  Kenwood's TS-2000 is in
that category.  Yaesu may have some new entries in
this market.

Of course we can use the club's Kenwood TS-850 on 12
volts right now - and it's an excellent HF contest
radio.

4.  Notebook computer for logging.


5.  Provide access to 120 Volts.  This lets us plug in
a wide variety of accessories to help the operations.


It's not a very long list - is it!

73,

Jim  WX3B
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