[MRCA] MRCA Meet Long Range Recon Ops

[MKDORNEY at aol.com]

One more frequency to add to the pot: 29.6 MHz fm ( 10 meter FM Simplex  
frequency ) - There will be operational BC-659 radios at Red  Ball.  They 
operate on 29.6 MHz and whatever local frequency used by  individual owners as a 
talk channel ( locally here in Dutchess County, NY, the  talk frequency is 
29.1 MHz )
 
Mark
WW2RDO
 
 
In a message dated 8/30/2017 10:16:54 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
RAFANTINI at salisbury.edu writes:

 
Couple  other frequencies to add to the pot: 
51.0  FM as a coordination channel 
18.157.50  (USB) 18.110 to 18.168 17 meter band not crowded and good for 
small  antennas! 
144.30  AM VHF channel that don’t get a lot of love but have operated 
several QSO on  it in the past. 
Once  again I will be dragging out the self-propelled GRC-106 along with 
the new  addition of an external generator so I won’t to have run the engine 
all the  time now. Will have provisions for simultaneous operations on 51.0 
FM and  5.357 USB and guard those frequencies along with the GRC-106 and 
URC-110 free  to operate any other frequencies. 
Last  year set up the mutt in the front far parking lot finding that 
somehow the  Howell building is in some sort of radio black hole and sixty meters 
in  particular is whacked back there but everything is clear up at the front 
of  the fair grounds. Using the AS-2851 Log was able to have solid 
communications  of 51.0 all up and down the valley but the VHF set suffers from a 
small  antenna just on the side of the mutt and beyond short contacts have not 
done  much with 144.3 
The  17 meter band has several advantages being not that crowded as 20 
meters and  only requires small antennas with maybe the biggest issue being only 
newer  equipment will operate up there. 18.157.5 Is a “Backpack” frequency 
somewhat  intended for QRP so maybe we can QSY up or down from there?   
Do  we want to officially declare 3.875 or 3.885 as a channel for operation 
this  year? Going to assume that 5.357 will still be the primary channel 
but want to  somewhat settle all this before we all get on site so everyone 
has the right  antennas and radios.  
Additional  activities that I have planned for the event include dragging 
out a second  AN/GRC-106 along with AC power supply all the cables and 
everything required  to operate the sets with the covers removed and do a “care 
and feeding” of the  106 on Saturday along with wanting to do the M&S Net on 
Saturday. Is there  any desire for me to do schematics and block diagrams for 
the 106 or is just  having the radio open so everyone can see the turret 
spin  enough? 
Ray  F/KA3EKH 
 
 
From:  mrca-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:mrca-bounces at mailman.qth.net] 
On  Behalf Of Radio Station KW1I
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2017 3:29  PM
To: mrca at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [MRCA] MRCA Meet Long  Range Recon Ops Info

 
 
Long Range Recon  Ops 
This activity on  Friday afternoon (3:00-5:00) is for many the signature 
event of the MRCA Meet.  This year we are encouraging participants to bring HF 
AM field sets for use on  3875/3885 kHz as well as the SSB radios for HF 
use on 75 and 60 meters.   Team up with others and erect more than one antenna 
and do some directivity,  polarization and NVIS experiments.    
The following brief  information about recommended locations is for your 
advance planning. You may  want to try a new location this year, or if you are 
traveling to the MRCA Meet  on Friday afternoon you may want to head 
directly to one of these sites before  checking in at the fairgrounds. 
Use the travel times  below and your estimated set up time to get your 
station on the air by 3:00  pm. Clicking on the link below will take you to an 
aerial view of the site.  (You may have to cut and paste the URL into your  
browser.)  
If you have questions  about these sites send mail to the MRCA reflector.   
 





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