[MRCA] MRCA Feild Exercise

Sat, 8 Jun 2002 08:07:21 -0400

Hi Al,

Good to hear you on the net this morning your GRC 9 was strong here in
central NH.

I think 75 meters is best for tactical radio exercises. Radios like the BC
474, BC1306 and BC654 don't cover 40 meters. 75 is the only amateur band
these sets cover. AM is better than CW as it also allows the BC 611's and
MAB's in as well not to mention not all of us are the best CW ops. Lets pick
modes and frequencies that allow the greatest participation.

Pete, WB2JWU
----- Original Message -----
From: Al Klase <[email protected]>
To: MRCA REFLECTRO <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 1:42 PM
Subject: [MRCA] MRCA Feild Exercise

> We're in the planing stages for a ham-radio field exercise
> to be conducted at the 2002 Military Radio Collectors
> Association meet on Friday, 6 September 2002 at Gilbert,
> Pa.  This will involve dispatching teams equipped with
> military field radios, perhaps in vintage military vehicles,
> to remote locations, and then conducting a traffic net to
> gather "intelligence."
>
> The meet area is rural and should be conducive to this sort
> of event.  The terrain is interesting and should allow us to
> make good use of both HF and VHF gear.
>
> We need to get a feel for how may people are interested in
> participating, and what sort of equipment they would like to
> bring and operate.
>
> Some finer questions:
>
> Freq's:  Will all the HF gear hit 40M?
> Modes:  AM vs. CW. Any interest in vintage SSB on PRC-47's
> etc.? Of course VHF would be FM.
>
> So please speak up. (I CAN'T HEAR YOU!)
>
> 73,
> Al
>
> --
> Al Klase - N3FRQ
> [email protected]
> Flemington, NJ 08822
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