[K3PZN-List] Field Day 2006

[Curt Milton]

I heard the QRP FD suggestion via Rich and couldn't
believe my ears!  Some of us in the area had discussed
a QRP FD operation, but it hasn't gotten off the
ground yet.  I could likely round up 4-6 operators who
would be interested in participating from neighboring
clubs (particularly BARC and CARA).  

QRP is not everyone's cup of tea.  Its almost insane
for SSB operation in June, more so with low sunspots. 
We don't want to diminish the fun of the "heavy metal"
gang who wants big beams and power!  

The idea of a co-located smaller QRP operation (with a
different crew and call sign) is appealing.  It would
be an interesting demo of what can be done with less. 
If we swiped the club's best CW ops we could roll up a
nifty score, but that wouldn't be the motivation.  A
suitable QRP adjunct might be 2-3 transmitters, CW and
maybe PSK31, running rigs under battery power.  I
still favor PCs for logging and these are allowed to
operate off the generator.  We would need enough
separation from the main operation so we can
simultaneously use the primary bands (80/40/20), but
close enough we can mingle.  

If there is club interest in hosting an adjunct QRP
operation I am interested in helping it occur, and I
can recruit some area QRP operators to add to our own
crew (KE3FL?, N3III, etc.).  

73, curt



--- W3JJH <w3jjh at arrl.net> wrote:

> Field Day is coming!  How do we want to do it this
> year?
> 
> Where?  The Springfield Hospital grounds have been
> offered as a possible site. 
> Does anyone have a suggestion for another location?
> 
> 19A again?  
> 
> There's a suggestion that we run an all QRP,
> battery-powered site in order to
> get the 5X multiplier.  How many of you would like
> to try a QRP field day?
> 
> There's another suggestion to run two nearby sites. 
> One would be QRP/battery,
> and the other would be 150W/generator.  One site
> would use K3PZN, and the other
> would use another call sign.  Is anyone interested
> in that?
> 
> There's a suggestion to revive the 6pm Saturday pot
> luck.  The club could
> provide burgers, hot dogs, and drinks.  Do we want
> to do that?
> 
> We need station captains.  So far, I have only one
> volunteer (for an HF digital
> rig).  Unless we're want to be a 1A, we need some
> more folks to step forward. 
> Slots are open for HF CW, HF phone, HF digital, VHF,
> satellite, GOTA, and
> special mode demos.
> 
> Please send you comments or offer to be a station
> captain to me at
> w3jjh at arrl.net.  Include "Field Day" in the subject
> line.  I'll post
> information concerning Field Day on my amateur radio
> web page
> www.wjjhoge.net/w3jjh.html.
> 
> 73 de W3JJH
> John
> 
> 
>
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> 
> Presentation Topic: NIMS Training, Part 1.
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