[MRCA] Mt Diablo Recon Mission

[Tim]

Hi Guys - had a fun Military Field Day up on Mt Diablo with Alex this
weekend.  We were running a TRC-77 on 80/40 CW, an ARC Type 12 set and a
PRC-25.  Had good comms with Andy on multiple sked times on both 80 and 40
meters CW, night and day. We worked Bart on the PRC-25 and also a long QSO
with him using the Type 12 on 144.450 Mc AM (and no interference from the
&#*&% APRS repeaters this time!).  That little set sounds Great!
I wanted to test the TRC-77 with the "per the book" slant wire antenna of
50 and 25 feet on 80/40 respectively, including 2 radial ground wires.
(Well described by Andy as a Bush Antenna)...Worked well, made all the
skeds with Andy but best reports were around 459.  It's not a rock-crusher,
a dipole would have worked much better over that 78 mile NVIS shot.

We also worked "Agent Control" once again at KSM/K6KPH in the Marin
Headlands - they dominate the freq (7050) when "on".  They asked for my
airdrop resupply requisition - I asked for a Field Air Conditioner Set
which they forwarded to Supply and the expeditionary air wing.  Amazingly,
a C-17 out of Travis flew directly over Mt Diablo, very low, about 45
minutes later, but alas no pallet with said air conditioner...(the next day
we were entertained by a nice P-40 flying overhead)
A good shakedown cruise for the TRC-77 in the ALICE Pack and it worked Andy
with his TRC-77 and also his TDE/RBB combo.  It is a very good field rig,
here running off internal SLA batteries for 3 days in a fairly stock field
configuration.  Receiver was "On" for around 35 hours continuous, no
recharging necessary.  Worked lots of stations, 10 watts goes a long way.
It is a very RF quiet location....
Thanks to Andy for keeping all the skeds!  We also monitored 3985 for the
MRCG AM net but signals were weak and a lot of QRN this time.  Next: up to
the Sierras.
AR
Tim
N6CC
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