2022 MRCA Meet Radio Operations Schedule

Friday September 23rd, Field Exercise.

The field exercise is not only for MRCA Meet station operators deploying at remote sites in eastern PA.  It is also an opportunity for stations who are not attending the meet to contact our remote stations with signal reports.

The field exercise commences at 14:00 Local on Friday, Sept. 23.  For most sites this would require leaving the West End Fairgrounds 30 or more minutes prior. The schedule below suggests times and frequencies to organize our activity. Stations wishing to conduct additional or alternate communications please plan to avoid the scheduled time/frequency slots. To consider which remote site to operate from consult the MRCA website link:

http://www.mrca.ar88.net/FieldEx/FieldEx_Sites.html

In person specific site recommendation and directions will be available at the Howell building prior to deployment.

14:00 - 15:00 pm   5357 kHz USB (5371.5 kHz alternate)

It is likely this 60-meter activity segment will attract most of the comm ops participants. I will be NCS and direct the net.  Participating stations can introduce themselves and describe their equipment, their location and their afternoon operating plans.

15:00 – 15:30 pm   3875 KHz USB (3885 kHz alternate)

15:30 – 16:00 pm   3885 KHz AM (3875 kHz alternate)

16:00 - 16:30 pm   3570 CW (10 wpm or less)

16:30 - 17:00 pm   51 MHz FM (Old Squelch, no tone)

51.0 MHz FM can serv as an intercom throughout the afternoon to coordinate with other stations. I will be operating as NCS from Beltsville Lake Pine Run Boat Launch working with the M151 and will have a VRC-46 up the entire event and have the GRC-106  for 5357 and 3885, how much of an issue will it be for us to operate on 3875 if there is traffic on 3885? Do we want to just use 3875 or attempt to work on 3885 first?

I am thinking that I will just run the vertical antenna on the mutt for all HF ops on Friday with the idea that we are working in locations that tend to favor ground wave.

Saturday September 24th.

09:00 – 09:30     7087 KHz USB RAT Net (850 Hz 60 wpm)

10:00 – 11:00     7296 KHz USB MMRCG Net

Will be operating from the Fair Grounds running GRC-106 into an inverted V for extended range.

Anyone have any additional comments or ideas?

Ray F/KA3EKH