[K3PZN-List] K3PZN-List Digest, Vol 101, Issue 3

[Michael Fisher]

I keeping with Curt's comments here are my suggestions. We use the AB-577 that Ray has offered and mount the tribander on it. The tribander could be used for 20 most of the time with 15m & 10m just as fill-in QSO's.
The 80m wire dipole could also be attached to the 577 to get it up at 40 ft.  If the club has some of Clint's 4ft poles we could use them for the 40m wire. 
 
Now on to the radio's --- I will have a rig for 6m and 1 for the digital and Curt with bring his for the 40m station. At Monday's meeting someone said the rigs in the club station could be used. If we are going to do 20m & 80m at the same time then we will need 2 radio's. If someone wants to also do CW then they should bring their rig for that also. 
 
This is a K3PZN club event (not a N3VOP event). I noticed a lot of hands going up to 'operate' but none to setup a station. A simple station can be setup in 30-45 mins. The AB-577 will take about 1.5 hours from start to finish. Remember - Field Day is also a learning exercise for those new to the hobby - use it that way. 
 
Mike F      N3VOP
 

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> In support of Mike our FD chair, let's brainstorm and work together on antennas.?  
> Here are my thoughts:? (yours are also appreciated)
> 80m - ONE wire antenna, deploy so it can be used for SSB or CW.? rationale - this is the noisiest band.? we could use the Carolina windom that Pete has offered.? 
> 40m - wire antennas, ONE EACH for SSB and CW.? could be simple homemade inverted vees.? I can supply one of these.? 
> 20/15/10m - one 'tribander' could be considered for SSB.? if nothing better emerges, I have a two element beam?MA5B?(just the 20/15/10, portion) that could be used.??the?rocket launcher offered is an overkill for this, but it would be something we could easily raise?up.? 
> that leaves supporting 20/15/10m for CW.? last year we used?the 40m inverted V on 15m, and it made it to KH6.?so need to consider 20 and 10m:? 
> a two element wire beam for 20m would be rather cool - if it could be lofted in-between other masts.? for 10m we could use just about anything.????
> Mike likely has something in mind for HF digital?? Coordinating its operations with CW is vital to avoid QRM.? If rigs were scarce, it might also cover one of the phone bands perhaps.? 
> I am thinking of something like 2 SSB rigs and 1-2 CW rigs (depending upon operator count).? N3DRA is offering to bring the portable antenna mast he brought last year - I just queried him on height.? 
> Thoughts appreciated.? Next round will be assigning masts and antennas to be brought and deployed.? 
> 73 Curt