[MRCA] Field Day After Action Report

[Peter Gottlieb]

Maybe they missed the warm glow of filaments. 


Peter

> On Jun 27, 2016, at 4:36 PM, KA1LHZ <sboard.ka1lhz at gmail.com> wrote:
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> MY GOD MAN!! You guys used an unshielded thermonuclear fusion reactor to power your radios??????
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>> On 06/27/2016 09:26 AM, B. Smith wrote:
>>   A Grand weekend. WX down here in Chicken Land was perfect. No heat exhaustion from pedaling the G-76 generator.
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>> two photos attached 
>> My goal was to make a dozen contacts by foot power but as I got started I decided to stick with the gen set for the majority of the exchanges. On the output of the 13.8 volt regulator I have a stash of very high value capacitors (thousands of uF) so when I stopped pedaling the receiver would stay alive for about 10 seconds - a quick turn or two on the generator would bring the voltage up so that I could continue to receive and  search  for contacts so the over all process was  was not as difficult as I originally thought. CW was easy but I did make a few  SSB  contacts which required some constant pedaling as the exchanges         were very quick.
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>> Attached are two photos of the operation.  Note that a  "lawn chair"  with arm rests was pressed into operation for sitting in during cranking. You just sort of sit pack relax and crank. 8-)  The parachute shelter (typical Vietnam FAC  setup) is one of my favorites as it allows plenty of ventilation.
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