[MRCA] Wear NH MV Show AAR/TTY OPS

[B. Smith]

Nice setup, I see you found a place for the MITE.
Z

On 7/28/2024 10:20 AM, MilComm Guy wrote:
> As stated in the previous sundays post I arrived Monday afternoon to 
> the rally site and set up camp, my activities started on Tuesday.  
> Tuesday morning I headed over to the KW1I QTH to do some pre planned 
> welding/fabrication repair on his M886 cab mounts, while there I was 
> given a tour of the shack and given a chance to guest co host the M&S 
> net, repairs complete I headed back to the rally site and arrived 
> around 1530.
> Wednesday I repaired a leaking M151A2 rear differential axle seal, 
> when I pulled the flange I noticed it was split in two, the owner was 
> able to source one from a friend nearby and the repairs were 
> completed.  My brother arrived that afternoon and we re located camp 
> to his motorhome(glamping).
> Thursday I set up my vendor site, this is where I peddle my no longer 
> needed OD treasures and left over vehicle restoration parts, also 
> provides shade and a close eye on more OD goodies that I don't need.  
> I jumped on the M&S net at Dale's M886 at noon, Charlie made an 
> appearance( WA1GON)and browsed the treasure of the vendor sites.
> Friday WB2JWU and KK1K arrived on site, sales were good on Thursday 
> but Friday was the best day, probably freshly cashed paychecks in the 
> pocket.  I met up with Mark, Ken's(SK)best friend, he had a good 
> assortment of the estate there to sell, I was lucky to purchase a nice 
> GSB-900 and a PRC-126, the GSB will be the new dedicated M&S set in 
> memory of Ken.
> Saturday was a bust on sales, I sold $5 and the crowd was very slim, 
> mostly families checking out the vehicles and just wandering around.  
> I set up my M151 over by dale's site to attach his doublet to my 
> PRC-47 so I could operate on the RATT net at 9AM.  I was only able to 
> copy one station and that was Ray who was nearly 90% copy, I put out 
> my call several times with no reply that I could copy.  I had terrible 
> noise on the channel and I found that the camper next to Dale was 
> emitting hash from a solar charge controller/system and made copy very 
> difficult.  I packed up at noon and arrived home at 1930 Saturday night.
> DSCN0462.JPG
> M151A2 FAC MITE RATT OPS at the show.
> DSCN0463.JPG
> Dale KW1I the "RAMROD" of parking at the show answering COMMO questions.
>
> 73
> Mark
> K1HF
>
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