[MohawkARC] Notes from club meeting

[Matt Tatro]

1)  The thinking was that instead of having people just sitting around
because the radios were in use, like the last couple years, we'd get them
on the air and use the 4th station as a full station.  If there is a need
for a GOTA station (when/if we get visitors), then it can revert to such.
I'd much rather get more people on and operating than being constrained to
3 stations and having people unable to get air time.  Bill was going to
talk to our friendly competitors.

Frankly, I'm of the opinion that we could run 4A full-time, with an
additional GOTA station using a simple radio/antenna like an IC7000 with a
multiband vertical.  That would simplify things and allow a bunch to get on
the air.

2)  We were never competitive to begin with in 3A, we finished 78th in the
country last year.  If we had entered 4A, even with the score last year we
would have come in 49th.  The score would have been even higher with the
additional station.

-Matt NM1C

On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 3:00 PM, Doug Lepisto <dlepisto at gmail.com> wrote:

> A couple things come to mind with running Field Day as 4A. These are my
> concerns.
>
> 1. What class will the Fitchburg club be running for Field Day? If we are
> to have a friendly competition, running 4A with them running 3A would be
> unfair and we couldn't have a comparison in our operations.
>
> 2. If we do run 4A it would be better to have a fourth station that is
> separate from the GOTA station so that it could be utilized the entire
> time.  If it's being shared as GOTA this presents two problems.  First,
> while Field Day isn't an official contest, we wouldn't have a "competitive"
> edge in the 4A category since we'd only be "part-time" 4A.  Second, this
> would also present a logistical problem with logging as the GOTA station
> call sign must be different from N1WW (our main Field Day call).
>
> Doug
> N1DBL
>
> On May 28, 2015, at 12:58 PM, Kevin Erickson <N1ERS at arrl.net> wrote:
>
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > It was good to see many of you at last night's club meeting and it was
> > great to be in the new space at the Gardner Police Headquarters. Thank
> you
> > Paul, W1SEX for arranging that.
> >
> > Here are just a few notes and information with last night's meeting.
> >
> > -- Special Event Station at Relay for Life
> >
> > We need lots of volunteers for setup and operating the special event
> > station. An online signup sheet has been started at Signup Genius. The
> link
> > to sign up is http://goo.gl/n3y7dD
> >
> > -- SKYWARN
> >
> > There will be a SKYWARN training coming up next week in Maynard, MA.
> > Details below.
> >
> > Wednesday June 3rd 2015 - 7-10 PM
> >
> > Maynard Public Library - The Roosevelt Room
> >
> > 77 Nason St
> >
> > Maynard, MA
> >
> > Taught by: NWS Forecaster
> > Registration: None Required
> >
> > More SKYWARN info at www.wx1box.org. And even if you are not a trained
> > SKYWARN spotter it is important to assist the National Weather Service
> when
> > they call for severe weather reports from our area.
> >
> > -- Field Day
> >
> > Looks like we are going to run a 4 Alpha station this year by utilizing
> the
> > GOTA (Get On The Air) station as a normal station when not in use for
> GOTA.
> > We'll have to work out the logistics of that during our next Field Day
> > planning meeting on June 8th. That said, we will need plenty of help and
> > operators this year. We will likely set up another online signup page for
> > Field Day stuff. Stay tuned.
> >
> > That covers is for now.
> >
> > 73
> > Kevin, N1ERS
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