[MarinTeams] Today's drill

[irwin]

Folks,

I won't be able to make the session, Tuesday, until about 8:30 pm, so 
here is my experience.

1.  The location I had was good.  I was near the top of Channing drive 
in an apartment house parking lot that had lots of room.

2.  The FT8800 dual band transceiver is a fine unit and we should all 
learn how to set it.  After only a short while, I was able to make the 
necessary adjustments. 

3.  I could communicate with Walker Peak.   The atmospheric conditions 
were awful and different between east and west Marin.  Even though I was 
stationary, my GPS was jumping, which indicates radio signal interference.

4.  The FT8800 cannot work off a car battery by itself.  The transceiver 
uses too much power and when I left my engine running to generate power, 
the FT8800 worked fine.  Otherwise the voltage kept dropping.

Irwin  KI6IYU