[K3PZN-List] Feild Day Musings

[Curt Milton]

John

Please give me another week to confirm, but very
likely I can provide a K2 to N3WM's operating
position.  I would love to use his IC-756 but agree we
would kill the batteries much faster than a K2.  

Wow it will be neat to see Pat's PSK station kill the
batteries much slower than John's.  

A third CW station using alternative rigs could be a
neat exercise.  But we would somehow have to address
cross-logging with the other stations.  I have used my
Norcal 2030 (20m only, 16 mA receive current, class E
efficient 4w PA, novel receiver architecture designed
by a Motorola-RF-geek) casually in contests and it
does ok.  It could be supplemented by a HW9 or a KX1
or ??, but I myself would not volunteer to use an HW8
in FD traffic (I will admit to still having one).  

I see an alternative mode provision in the contest,
and I wonder if a SSTV two-way link could be
demonstrated to visitors?  Maybe the other end could
be WY3P ?  Maybe VHF ?  

In terms of band coverage, a second phone station
could focus on 10m E-skip (if we experience it).  Or
covering this could be part of our GOTA.  

73, curt

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

> One and All,
> 
> It looks like we will have another QRP/Battery Field
> Day operating out of the EOC.
> 
> Here's what we know so far:
> 
> N3SB will captain a CW Station and provide an
> Elecraft K2.
> 
> N3WM will captain a second CW station.  Bill will
> either need to find a HUGE
> bank of batteries to run his 756PRO or else someone
> will have to provide another
> good CW QRP rig.  Are there any more K2s out there?
> 
> K3KWO will captain a Digital station and provide an
> IC-703 based rig.
> 
> N8PK will captain a 20 m Digital station based on a
> PSK20.
> 
> I will captain a Phone station and will provide a
> TenTec Argonaut V.
> 
> We need someone to captain a VHF/UHF effort.  I can
> lend an FT-817 for this.
> 
> We need someone to captain a GOTA station.  We have
> W3MDC as a GOTA call this
> year.  We need a relatively easy to use rig for
> GOTA.  We will need control ops
> when non-licensed guests use the rig or when a ham
> is operating
> outside his band privileges.
> 
> We need a Food Captain.
> 
> How about having an operating position that's casual
> in nature where folks can
> bring their homebrew rigs, HW-8s, Tuna Tin 2s, and
> the like, and use them for
> Field Day?
> 
> We need a FOOD CAPTAIN.
> 
> We need folks to step forward to set up demo rigs
> and make satellite QSOs for
> extra points.
> 
> We need as many licensed operators as possible at
> the kick off so that we can
> have as many carriers as possible on the air for a
> fifteen minute period.  This
> isn't really for bragging rights.  It's for extra
> points--100 point for each rig
> running off of battery power!
> 
> WE NEED A FOOD CAPTAIN.
> 
> Suggestions, questions, comments, and war stories
> are welcome.
> 
> And did I mention that we need a Food Captain?
> 
> 73 de W3JJH
> John
> 
> Keep up with the latest info concerning the CCARC
> Field Day
> at www.k3pzn.org
> 
> 
>
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