[MRCA] MRCA Meet Communications Readiness Bulletin I

[Rob Flory]

Hi,

K2WI will be ready for 29 or 51Mc AM with TBY.  Will probably bring a TBX, too.  Who wants to team up?

Wacky Iragi

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>From: Radio Station KW1I <kw1i at earthlink.net>
>Sent: Aug 13, 2007 8:33 PM
>To: Military Radio Collectors Association <mrca at mailman.qth.net>
>Subject: [MRCA] MRCA Meet Communications Readiness Bulletin I
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> MRCA Meet Communications Readiness Bulletin I
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>Tactical Radio Operations at the MRCA meet are just six weeks away. It is 
>not too soon to prepare for these important exercises. You can do two things 
>ahead of time.  1. Though it isn't absolutely necessary, team up with 
>another amateur or two to compose a comm team. 2. Pull your radios out of 
>storage and make sure they work. Try to remember how to operate them, and 
>check that you have all the antenna cables, mics, keys, speaker/headsets, 
>tuners, ground stakes, guy wires, battery terminals, etc.
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>Friday afternoon, Sept. 21 we will be having our group field exercise to Big 
>Pocono. All of the interested individuals and teams will convoy up to this 
>local high point about 19 miles and about 40 minutes away. If you have an FM 
>rig with external mobile whip capable of 51 mHz you will be able to be in 
>contact with the base station at the Gilbert Fairgrounds throughout most of 
>the trip. Once at Big Pocono, utilizing the VHF link for coordination we 
>will check out our HF rigs with the base station. This is usually attempted 
>on 75 meters. Be sure to have either a frequency agile rig, or a couple of 
>crystals in the 3875/3885 vicinity. There is plenty of parking at this 
>overlook point and each group can find a place to set up. Later we can 
>exercise our back packs and BC-611s as we stroll around the parking areas 
>and climb the fire tower.
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>Mid-morning Saturday, Sept. 22 we will be sending teams out of our base area 
>to clandestine sites 2 - 6 miles away. There will be some intelligence 
>gathering by these comm teams while on their assignment. Radio set-ups must 
>use portable power and portable antennas. Traffic will be exchanged with the 
>Gilbert base station which will also function as net control for stations in 
>the field, and also with those that may be set-up at the fairgrounds 
>awaiting deployment.
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>If you are planning to participate send mail with comm team participants and 
>a list of radio equipment to be utilized. Send to kw1i at earthlink.net.
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>More later...
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