[MRCA] [MRCG-West] GRC-9 at FD report

[Tim]

Hi Jason - Good job.  I like the Vibe!  Thanks for the report.
I spent a few hours on Mt Diablo Saturday running many CW FD contacts but
all "modern gear" for a change this time.  The GRC-9, PRC-47 and RT-70 were
all there as well but with the Bronco bolted to them in "standby"/mobile
mode.
Yep the GRC-9 is a reliable CW performer from the boonies but the 6? kc
wide receiver can't hack it on a VERY busy CW band for sure.  Otherwise
perfect for casual CW/AM Ops.

I ran the PRC-174 pack set on 40 meters to include some tests with HF
Winlink using the 174, Signalink and a PC laptop to send and receive some
HF EMail to my XYL via an HF gateway in Reno.  I just ran the 3 meter whip
and a quarter wave ground wire which worked surprisingly well on a mid-day,
170 mile shot. (Tilted over even better for more local NVIS contacts...)
I also had the Racal TR-967 VHF FM set for 6 meters and a PRC-127ef HT for
VHF/2 meters.
Mission Accomplished..
Hope the photo does not choke the system
Tim
N6CC


On Sun, Jun 23, 2024 at 6:41 PM Jason Sogolow via groups.io <w6iee.73=
gmail.com at groups.io> wrote:

> Tried to get the GRC-9 ready in time, but only got the receiver sorted
> out. Still blew a lot of appliance operator minds with all those 9V
> batteries in series at our FD camping trip.
>
> Used the GRC-9’s long wire at-101 and 102 antenna with my little20W
> Chinese HF radio and made a couple dozen Q’s, best dx was Puerto Rico on
> 20m CW.
>
> And yeah, you can clearly see I’ve been heavily influenced by someone’s
> website. :D
>
> Jason WA6BBQ
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 21, 2024 at 18:03 Mark K3MSB via groups.io <mark.k3msb=
> gmail.com at groups.io> wrote:
>
>> Just copied the CW bulletin for our club.   About 5 minutes at 18 WPM.
>>
>> My hand started to go numb about 3/4 of the way through........   getting
>> old ain't fun....
>>
>> Enjoy yourself Ray!
>>
>> 73 Mark K3MSB
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 18, 2024 at 3:50 PM Ray Fantini via groups.io <RAFANTINI=
>> salisbury.edu at groups.io> wrote:
>>
>>> The 2024 ARRL Field Day is this weekend, how is this going to affect the
>>> RTTY Net on 7087 or the MMRCG Net on 7296 Saturday? Think ARRL F/D starts
>>> at 1800 UTC that’s 1300 EST so in some ways would think that the MMRCG Nets
>>> would not be affected but then again maybe a lot of us would want to be out
>>> in the field playing radio? I have no plans myself, unless I get inspired
>>> to drive the mutt out to the side yard and do some operating on seventeen
>>> and twenty but despite the fair amount of field and portable operation that
>>> I do every year I am not a member of any of the local Ham radio groups or
>>> the ARRL.
>>>
>>> But being anti-social is more my issue and not indicative of the group
>>> as a whole.
>>>
>>> The big social event for me is the Red Ball MVPA show and MRCA get
>>> together September 19th, 20th & 21st up in Gilbert.
>>>
>>> MRCA always puts on a great show there every year, The MMRCG is also
>>> planning on being there and would assume that we will be doing operations
>>> on 5357, 3885, 51.0 (FM) and 144.25 (AM) along with the usual show and swap.
>>>
>>> I will be operating the M151 mutt on Saturday morning from the Howell
>>> building on the MMRCG RTTY Net and the 7296 USB Net There as usual. Maybe
>>> this year we can have a designated camping aria for the MMRCG?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Ray F/KA3EKH
>>>
>>>
>>>
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