[K3PZN-List] Ready to roll for FD (Field Day Triplexer loan available from WX3B)
Andy Leeds
wo3l at comcast.net
Wed Jun 24 17:59:58 EDT 2015
I'll go ahead and get the stuff for 40M together tonight and confirm the
trailer availability and load up time for Friday (I'm thinking I'll be
home by 5:30).
I think we may have weather issues - Friday evening rain, Saturday
thunderstorms near 1" of rain. Sunday looks OK. I really like the lower
temps though.
Andy
On 6/24/2015 5:39 PM, Steve S wrote:
> Just to throw out ideas:
>
> The below allows us to cover all bands/modes without bringing another radio and spreading operating resources even thinner.
>
> We have Ray with a tribander, let him do ssb 15/10 in addition to 20m.
>
> John, W3JJH, on 80/10 ssb, let him also do 40ssb. 40m will be good daytime band, while 10m is looking iffy but Ray would be plenty busy with other bands.
>
> I'll cover 40 and some 15 on cw...calling all cw ops...Pete, Steve
>
> Would need 40m ant for John.
>
> 73;
> Steve
> NY3A
>
>
>
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Peter Morton <mortonph at comcast.net>
> Date:06/24/2015 5:24 PM (GMT-05:00)
> To: Carroll County Amateur Radio Club <k3pzn-list at mailman.qth.net>
> Cc:
> Subject: Re: [K3PZN-List] Ready to roll for FD (Field Day Triplexer loan available from WX3B)
>
> We should have a plan for siting before Ray sets up the rocket
> launcher. Particularly, siting should be decided for 20-meter CW and
> 20-meter SSB stations. We don't want a repeat of the past siting
> problems on 20-meters. These stations should be sited 500 to 1000 feet
> apart. If they are looking west or east-west, they should be oriented
> north-south of each other.
>
> Andy-
>
> The only thing that has changed since the CCARC meeting is NY3A setting
> up a CW station on 20 meters and any other band available for CW. I
> think we still need the 40/15 meter CW/SSB station you were planning to
> set up.
>
> N3SB indicated he wanted to bring his Honda 2KW generator. So we should
> have NY3A's 1KW, CCARC's two 2KW, Ray's RV generator, and N3SB's 2KW for
> a total of 5 generators. That should be more than needed and allow
> stations to separated well.
>
> Speaking of N3SB, we haven't heard from him for a while. Is he coming
> to FD?
>
> -Pete, W3GVX
>
> On 6/24/2015 4:45 PM, Andy Leeds wrote:
>> Wow, this isn't even remotely close to what was discussed at the
>> meeting (that's what I get for spending a week out of the country).
>> The discussion there ended on a 3 station setup with an option to add
>> a 4th with the Ab577. Since this has run off on its own I'll back out
>> of captaining one of the stations (we've got plenty of people setting
>> one up at this point so I don't need to spend tonight ripping my shack
>> apart). I will bring the following out on Saturday AM:
>> -2 x 2kw generators
>> -ac power cords
>> -gas cans
>> -coax
>> -band filters
>>
>> Andy
>>
>> On 6/24/2015 2:43 PM, Curt Milton via K3PZN-List wrote:
>>> Pete
>>> I am confident that CW is using one or two K3's.
>>>
>>> I can imagine that Ray/Kerri are thrilled with whatever rig is loaned
>>> them. Not that I want to influence the decision, the K3 is smaller
>>> to carry than the Yaesu and has lower phase noise.
>>> (I myself enjoy all these rigs folk are bringing, but some are better
>>> citizens of the spectrum than others in close proximity).
>>>
>>> Someone at FD will have to manage spectrum in a friendly enough way
>>> for the the multi-band stations (CW, digital and the 40/15 SSB).
>>> Opportunity: we can move 20m SSB to 10m whenever there is
>>> propagation, as I don't remember anyone covering this.
>>>
>>> This may not be the year to locate 2 or 3 SSB rigs in one spot --
>>> given that Ray/Kerri may QRT at a moment's notice. Otherwise Jim's
>>> kind offer is interesting.
>>>
>>> CUL Curt
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, June 24, 2015 1:46 PM, Peter Morton
>>> <mortonph at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> If simultaneous co-band operation, CW and SSB, is desired on 20
>>> meters,
>>> I can bring a K3/P3 in lieu of the FTdx3000. What rig is being used for
>>> CW on 20 meters?
>>>
>>> Might bring both so a comparison can be made. Results would be
>>> interesting!
>>>
>>> -Pete, W3GVX
>>>
>>> On 6/24/2015 12:47 PM, James Nitzberg via K3PZN-List wrote:
>>>> Dear CCARCers,
>>>> If you would like to turn Ray/Kerri's tribander into (3) separate
>>>> beams, I am happy to supply the triplexer to do so.
>>>> You will need a bandpass filter for 10, 15 & 20 simultaneously and
>>>> short coax jumpers that go from the triplexer, to the band pass
>>>> filter, to the radio of your choice. Lots of coax jumpers!!
>>>> We did this with WX3B, K1RH and K3WI a few years ago. There was
>>>> zero interference between the 3 stations on the same antenna; in
>>>> fact the only interference recorded at our site was from the 20m SSB
>>>> position which interfered with us on 20cw due to spacing that was
>>>> too close, and the FTDX-3000 which is known to generate measurable
>>>> phase noise. If you can put 500 feet between 20cw and 20ssb, and do
>>>> not beam through the CW station, that problem should not be
>>>> repeated. This is one easy way to get a big signal on 3 HF bands at
>>>> once! If there is any interest, please email me.
>>>>
>>>> 73,
>>>> Jim WX3B From: Curt Milton via K3PZN-List
>>>> <k3pzn-list at mailman.qth.net>
>>>> To: Carroll County Amateur Radio Club
>>>> <k3pzn-list at mailman.qth.net>; Ray Wright <kb3vwk at gmail.com>
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 12:00 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [K3PZN-List] Ready to roll for FD
>>>>
>>>> Well don't coordinate with Curt ... I will be around some, but not
>>>> taking a huge role this year.
>>>>
>>>> Of course they will pointing the beam west. Find at spot at least
>>>> 500 feet or more from where Steve * 2 will be doing CW -- and
>>>> preferably not aimed directly at them.
>>>>
>>>> Then hopefully HF digital will set up with similar distance to both
>>>> CW and 20m SSB.
>>>>
>>>> As you can imagine, the other phone ops would be wise to move into
>>>> Ray/Kerri's general neighborhood ! This phone community needs to
>>>> have enough room to support both 40 and 80 m radiators. I myself
>>>> would put these onto the same mast -- as we have Dunestar filters to
>>>> provide extra margin - and the rig filters are almost good enough to
>>>> function on their own (a K2 and FT950 or FT3000 did just fine when
>>>> they were on different bands. (Jim and Rob were even going to
>>>> trying sharing a beam with a triplexer - but I am not so brave
>>>> without a lot of patient testing! I honestly don't suggest this. )
>>>>
>>>> This is the extent of my 'coordination' -- 6A will need some degree
>>>> of thoughtful placement.
>>>>
>>>> Hopefully 6m is at least as good as it was last evening (after the
>>>> storm worked some DM grids out west) - and maybe with all the extra
>>>> activity 144 MHz will have some E-skip.
>>>> CUL Curt
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wednesday, June 24, 2015 10:30 AM, Peter Morton
>>>> <mortonph at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ray-
>>>>
>>>> You may want to coordinate with Mike [N3VOP] and Curt [WB8YYY] before
>>>> setting up your rocket launcher. They are concerned about locating and
>>>> orienting antennas to minimize interference.
>>>>
>>>> -Pete, W3GVX
>>>>
>>>> On 6/22/2015 8:11 PM, Ray Wright wrote:
>>>>> yea!!!! we might go up friday night and set up and spend the night
>>>>> there get a head start on the morning
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 5:14 PM, Peter Morton <mortonph at comcast.net
>>>>> <mailto:mortonph at comcast.net>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Ray & Kerri-
>>>>>
>>>>> FTdx3000 ready to go. Got my old laptop working, too.
>>>>> Installed
>>>>> N1MM Logger Plus. I'll bring everything. See you Saturday.
>>>>>
>>>>> -Pete, W3GVX
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>
>>>>>
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