[K3PZN-List] FD2008 Advanced Planning

Fri Jun 29 12:40:18 EDT 2007

Question as the new guy - do we have bandpass filters? I don't remember any but I only made a brief token appearance after the wedding I went to so I might not have been paying attention.

Andy
-----Original Message-----
>From: Curt Milton <wb8yyy at yahoo.com>
>Sent: Jun 29, 2007 8:32 AM
>To: Carroll County Amateur Radio Club <k3pzn-list at mailman.qth.net>
>Subject: Re: [K3PZN-List] FD2008 Advanced Planning
>
>John and the group
>
>nice post and good ideas.  i am suspicious we can make
>some reasonable adjustments.  a group in NM (4
>operators and 2 transmitters) had a phenomenal score
>running QRP - but then I noticed they used some
>state-of-the-art antennas operating E-class from a
>home station.  
>
>on 20m we can make an effective antenna that is around
>88 feet long and it will work well horizontal ... the
>balloon idea might be worth considering for 80m, if
>our objective is to put lots of west coast stations in
>the log.  but here in the east, it may not be worth
>the effort since having a big signal east of the
>mississippi may be more important.  
>
>i merely said fewer nice antennas would be better than
>what we had since every mode would enjoy them, and
>sharing them may not be so bad.  you might even enjoy
>trying a K2 on PSK31 to enjoy its nicer dynamic range!
> 
>
>the 20 foot screwdriver vertical the phone station
>used was nicely effective !  next year let's work
>smarter not harder.  and we will 'work' to put more of
>the 'fun' into the event that W3JJH has promoted. 
>maybe when/if John steps down as FD chairman he can be
>the 'fun' captain. 
>
>speaking of antennas ... my shack does not have great
>ones ... this fall i may continue my 80m vertical
>experiments.  if anyone has unwanted lightweight
>pieces of aluminium around i could add some to the
>remnants of a commercial multibander - i am
>contemplating removing all of its traps and trying to
>add a little stature to it.  right now its merely a
>perch for bluebirds.  
>
>i did make a QSO to VE2 with a TT1340 (same model rig
>N3WM brought to FD.  I tried calling ES1QN with it,
>but there were others calling so i went QRO and got
>him then on the first call .... i am enjoying DX on
>40m CW with the 100w addition to my K2 ... i heard
>that 6m had a nice opening last nite so give that band
>a try.  
>
>73, curt
>  
>
>--- John Hart <john_k3kwo at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> To all,
>> 
>> I fully agree that better antennas (some gain or
>> more gain) is a better way 
>> to go than more power at the transmitter.  Spreading
>> out the antennas will 
>> help with the cross-band and same-band interfierence
>> between stations and 
>> modes.  From a digital mode standpoint, cutting down
>> on or eliminating the 
>> blast from other modes would make it alot easlier
>> and faster to rack up more 
>> points.  This is especially true when operating
>> PSK-31 as it is somewhat 
>> sensitive to getting the waterfall track chopped up
>> by CW or Phone.  During 
>> FD2007, I moved my Outback Antenna about 40 feet
>> towards the parking lot and 
>> grounded it to my truck, this improved my overall
>> recieve ability to read 
>> PSK-31 signals over the local CW and Phone RF.  My
>> Outback Antenna may not 
>> be the best for Field Day, but it was quick to go up
>> and easy to use.  Next 
>> year, I hope to use something better and located
>> farther away from other 
>> antennas.  I'm sure we all can do better if we
>> spreadout and use the full 
>> 1000 foot diameter site that is allowed.
>> 
>> We need to experiment with some different types of
>> gain antennas and see how 
>> they would fit in at the FTC (as a location
>> example).  Are we too close to 
>> the airport for any balloon supported antennas for
>> HF?
>> 
>> The Packet Station was a great idea and I liked the
>> video projector approach 
>> to allow everyone in the room to see the incoming
>> messages.
>> 
>> Does anyone make any inexpensive narrow (25 to 50
>> KHZ) bandpass filters that 
>> we could add outboard to the front of our equipment
>> during Field Day to help 
>> with the RF overload from band to band.  The
>> Dunestar devices are OK but I 
>> understand that they are primarily designed for the
>> transmit side of the 
>> operation.
>> 
>> JUST A THOUGHT OR TWO,
>> 
>> John, K3KWO
>> 
>> 
>>
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