[Milsurplus] Aberdeen East Cost Military Vehicle Rally

[B. Smith]

    I attended the Aberdeen East Coast Military Vehicle  Rally  last week 
and am happy to report that the presence of Amateur Radio  military radio 
collectors was very strong. There have been several discussions on this list 
about the  liaison between  the military vehicle collectors   and  Amateur 
Radio military radio collectors.  I am happy to report that it  is going 
well here on the East Coast. The rally weather was CAVOK and the site chosen 
for the Rally at Ripen stadium was excellent.
    I was especially pleased to find out several weeks ago that  Louie, 
KA2PFL was the Communications Officer  in charge of the communications for 
the East Coast Convoy that I Joined up with on Thursday, Louie used a 
combination of Amateur Radio and FRS  and  he and his co-pilot Meg N2GUU had 
their hands full but all commo went off without a hitch and it was smooth 
sailing for the 55 MPH convey on the busy I-95. The  predeparture comm plan 
was excellent. Concerning I-95 ---- I was quite comfortable tucked in 
between several "Duce and a Half" trucks.
    I did my usual set up at the rally on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday 
and operated the GRC-9 and PRC-47 quite a bit. Standard 51.0 Mcs was used on 
FM.  I did manage to overcome  poor conditions and check into the Saturday 
morning East Coast Military Net on  3885 kcs  with a 32 foot  AT-1011 whip 
and a two wire counter poise . Net control was W3PWW.  Lots of military 
radio equipment and accessories was available for sale. I will try and 
published the rally  pictures sometime  in the near future,  Hams and 
collectors extraordinaire that were in attendance were:

KA1ZQR, Dick
N3AJA, Tom
W3KJT, Joe
Jeff, KG2BZ
JA3FTU, Fumio
KB3ELD, Dave
N2XYP, Dave
WD4AXA, Chuck
W2OBR, Rich (has new call sign)
KC4ALF. Ralph (ran QRP with a TRC-77)
KI4JSC, Mike

73 breck k4che