[K3PZN-List] More Field Day Musings

[W3JJH]

All:

Last year, we ran as 11F.  This year, if we have enough operators during the
push, we can do the same or, perhaps, get up to 13F.  The reason that bumping
the number up is important is that we get 100 bonus points for each rig that
operates off of emergency power. Since we'll be all battery, that's 1100 to 1300
points for a 15 min effort.

As of now, we have two Station Captains for HF CW and one K2 committed.  I'd
like a couple fo people to step up as Captains of a third HF CW rig and a VHF CW
(at least for the push); it would be great to have a second or third K2 or other
contest-quality QRP CW rig. I've had some tenative offers.  How about some firm
ones?

I'd like to set up three CW rig in the club station area so that they can use
the on-site antennas.  The digital rigs can set up wherever it's convenient. 
VHF/UHF has dibs on the picnic table and area they used last year.  I propose to
set up a dining fly or large tent on the lawn for HF Phone, GOTA, and a station
I call GIOTA.  That stands for "Get It On The Air."  This would be a place set
up with a multiband antenna and tuner where we could operate whatever rigs we
wanted on a causal basis. For example, when the main 40m CW station was down for
a break, I could put my Powermite on the air.  All rigs would be welcome as long
as they were battery powered and QRP.  Bring your Tuna Tin 2s, etc,. and have fun!

We still don't have a Food Captain.

We also need "Station Captain" for the H/T stations we will run during the push.

Here's the current slate of Station Captains and committed equipment:

Station/Captain/Radio/Power Source/Antenna

HF CW1/N3SB/Elecraft K2/ ??? /EOC Antennas
HF CW2/N3WM/ ??? / ??? /EOC Antennas
HF CW3/ ??? / ??? /EOC Antennas
HF DIG1/K3KWO/IC-703/Big Battery Array/Outbacker
HF DIG2/N8PK/PSK20/ ??? / ???
HF PH/W3JJH/Argonaut V/Big Battery Array/132 ft ladder-line fed inverted-vee
VHF PH/KB3GHE/FT-817/Solar Array/Club VHF-UHF Quad
VHF CW/ ??? /FT-817/Small Battery Array/Small yagis
2m PH/ ??? /IC-32W/Internal/Rubber Duckie
220MHz PH/ ??? /Alinco/DJ-280/Internal/Rubber Duckie
70cm PH/ ??? /Internal/Rubber Duckie
23cm PH/ ??? /IC-T81/Internal/Rubber Duckie
GOTA/ ??? /Index Labs QRP+/Big Battery Array/Outbacker
GIOTA/W3JJH/See List/Medium Battery Array/132 ft ladder-line fed inverted-vee

GIOTA Rigs so far:
Ten Tec Powermite 3A
Heathkit HW-7

Did I mention that we needed a Food Captain?  Feel free to volunteer for that or
any other open position.

73 de W3JJH
John

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