[K3PZN-List] Re: Visit at Field Day

[Curt Milton]

Bob

we thoroughly enjoyed your visit with us as well.  maybe you missed the best part, when one of our club members used a high tech slingshot to launch a line over the barn to install the wire antenna we used as the station working morse code (aka CW).  

here is a link to the spectrum chart i promised:

http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/regulations/bands.html

to avoid information overload i didnt give you all this explanation there, but as amateurs we have a lot of slices of spectrum.  the various bands are labeled by wavelength.  they start with a band just above the AM radio band called 160 meters (requiring very long antennas and best used at night) thru lots of 'shortwave bands' that allow world-wide communication, and up thru VHF and UHF bands we use for local communication.  

maybe you also saw some of us with little walkie-talkies (we call them handhelds) that allow us to communicate locally.  as i explained we use 'repeaters' that are located on towers (generally county or agency provided) that greatly extend our range.  our club has repeaters up in Westminster on the tower near the target store, and another down at Springfield Hospital.  

we would love to have you visit a club meeting, at the same location where the voice operation was for field day, on each second monday of the month.  

thanks again,  

Curt

--- On Mon, 6/30/08, Bob Allen <ballen at patuxent.com> wrote:

> From: Bob Allen <ballen at patuxent.com>
> Subject: Re: Thanks, Curt.
> To: wb8yyy at yahoo.com
> Date: Monday, June 30, 2008, 3:28 PM
> I appreciate your taking the time to show me around the
> emergency training
> center Saturday afternoon. That was fascinating, and also
> thanks for the
> hamburger and crab soup. I'll be back in touch with you
> and some of the
> other club members in the next couple weeks and will try to
> make it to your
> next meeting,as well.
> Have an enjoyable weekend.
> Bob
> 
> On 6/27/08 2:57 PM, "Curt Milton"
> <wb8yyy at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 

> >>>>>> From: Bob Allen
> >> <ballen at patuxent.com>
> >>>>>> Subject: June 28 Field  Day
> operation
> >>>>>> To: wb8yyy at yahoo.com
> >>>>>> Date: Wednesday, June 25, 2008,
> 9:49 AM
> >>>>>> Dear Mr. Milton,
> >>>>>> I received the press release about
> the
> >> Field Day
> >>>> readiness
> >>>>>> operation this
> >>>>>> Saturday that will involve the
> Carroll
> >> County
> >>>> Amateur Radio
> >>>>>> Club and its
> >>>>>> role in emergency communications.
> I¹d
> >> very much
> >>>> like to
> >>>>>> attend that and
> >>>>>> write a story about it. I am very
> >> interested in
> >>>> and have
> >>>>>> previously covered
> >>>>>> emergency communications, 
> including a
> >> recent
> >>>> article on
> >>>>>> the county¹s 911
> >>>>>> center. I want to let you know I
> plan on
> >> stopping
> >>>> by
> >>>>>> Saturday and wanted to
> >>>>>> find out who the key people are in
> the
> >> club that I
> >>>> should
> >>>>>> talk to who can
> >>>>>> explain to me the role that
> amateur radio
> >>>> operators play in
> >>>>>> the county¹s
> >>>>>> emergency preparedness plan.
> >>>>>> Looking forward to hearing back
> from you.
> >>>>>> Thanks
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> Bob Allen
> >>>>>> Staff reporter
> >>>>>> The Eldersburg Eagle/Westminster
> Eagle
> >>>>>> 121 East Main Street
> >>>>>> Westminster, MD 21157
> >>>>>> W: 410-386-0334, ext. 5001
> >>>>>> H: 410-795-2976
> >>>>>> Cell: 443-605-7658
> >>>>>> Fax: 410-386-0334
> >>>>>> ballen at patuxent.com
> >>>>>