[MRCA] Fort Miles After Action Report

[Al Klase]

Hi Breck,

You did just fine logging into Moose and Squirrel at 12:00 hours.  As 
NCS, I was running the PRC-104 with an end-fed half-wave about 15 feet 
up in the trees at the MTA Meet at the Sussex County Fairgrounds (New 
Jersey).  I thought we were going to have a Fuchs to Fuchs QSO, but my 
12-volt battery was too wimpy for the RF-301P that used the tuner.

Flory also used the PRC-104 for the 14:00 CW QSO.

Info and link regarding tuner at the bottom of this page: 
http://www.mrca.ar88.net/Net/11-11-2010.html

73,
Al

On 4/29/2012 7:14 PM, B Smith wrote:
> An interesting couple of days spent with  U.S Army Coast Artillery
> Units, WWII German Infantry,   U.S. Military Police, U.S. Merchant
> Marines,
> infantry, cooks, HQ personnel, manned switch board, daily bulletin, 48
> star flags,  chow hall, formations, live fire demos  and even a
> Military Chaplain. The event started on Friday with setup and went
> through Sunday, You dropped off what you needed into the Ft. Miles
> compound then then parked your vehicle away from the area as "civilian
> vehicles were not allowed" so it was sort of challenging deciding the
> necessary equipment and maintenance items to bring as well as
> "survival gear". Fortunely I had my WWII painted Radio Flyer wagon and
> did make one emergency run to the 86 Suburban War Wagon for tools and
> a radio which were carried back in the wagon under a canvas cover. The
> Battle Ship Missouri 16 inch gun barrel ceremony was well presented
> and especially appreciated by the audience was  the U.S. Marine Color
> Guard.  I received a special private tour of the enormous Battery 519
> with  Jason Garver KB3ATV as the tour guide and saw all the "secret
> rooms".
> I set up the BC-474 with power being supplied by hand crank generator
> and a "secret" solid state inverter that ran off of 12 volts and the
> usual military "furniture" and camo net back ground.  Like Flory I
> found that  the set worked perfectly most of the time in previous
> weeks  but developed strange symptoms while on site.  For the Moose
> and Squirrel net I set  up in the Sand Dunes  where the   reenactors
> and the German Secret Police  could not see me operating a semi modern
> 1980 plastic radio, my trusty SGC-715 with external DDS vfo and the
> now famous "Half Wave End Fed Antenna"  match with the "Fuch" tuner.
> . .  and  Ditto for my schedule  with Flory as the BC-474 receiver was
> flaky, it worked fine for local BC-611 work etc but not for DX.
> Favorite items with the visitors was cranking the gen set and making
> the BC-474 come alive and as usual field phones were popular, in
> addition my  "manual field typewriter" got quite a work out. When
> folks asked me what unit I was in I told them I was a WWII RCA
> Technical Rep. I guess I could join the reenactor  unit there at Fort
> Miles - - - but started off as a Private and doing all that marching
> does not appeal to me.  Been at the bottom of the heap before  so
> think  I will remain a civilian  RCA Radio Tech Rep in the future.
> Aberdeen Military Vehicle Rally is next   - -- - -
>
>     Z
>
>
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Al Klase - N3FRQ
Jersey City, NJ
http://www.skywaves.ar88.net/