[MRCG] MRCG - MVCC Joint Ops Invitation

[Jim Falls]

I like it! I may even be able to rope in a couple of friends. 

Cheers!
Jim K6FWT

> On May 14, 2018, at 15:18, Tim <timsamm at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Tom, Thanks, good inputs.
> There are a lot of possibilities here.  There are many public parks in the
> Delta area that could be used for temporary field sites.  Eg:  A couple of
> years back Tom and Jason operated a TBX from Sandy Beach Park, on the Sacto
> river a few hundred yards downstream from Rio Vista.  (Good comms BTW). We
> were also up on 144.450 mc AM with the A.R.C. Type 12 at Camp Delta and
> Tom's MAW in the field....
> 
> We had also published FRAG Orders with the comm plan/schedule, but for
> those not on-site it only worked for the normal Saturday night MRCG AM net
> that we just checked into.  We were also up on 5357 USB for the mil SSB net
> (but that was primarily with my wife back home!  LOL)  But we guarded that
> freq and others all day.  Attached is one sample FRAG Order / Comm Plan
> that I had sent to MRCG & MVCC et. al. as an example.
> 
> The Wednesday evening Mil net on 3996 USB is also an easy one...I also
> operated a lot of CW, primarily on 40 meters which proved to be interesting
> to site visitors... A few MVCC guys were also up on 51.0, per the comm
> plans..
> 
> So there are really two facets to this:  On-site expanded displays and
> operations in conjunction with the larger MVCC event/theme.  Secondly,
> comms with offsite participants, either via HF from home stations or from
> nearby field sites.  Any and all work.
> 
> Comms with offsite stations is interesting to demonstrate military HF
> equipment and capabilities to visitors, but the invitation emphasizes
> on-site displays as part of the overall military theme for participants and
> visitors.  Not everyone wants to sit around and listen to us in a brief QSO
> on the Saturday evening AM net!  Some ongoing level of daily, scheduled
> demonstrations would be welcomed.  Even "technical talks" are welcome, even
> encouraged...
> 
> The static equipment displays we did at SLO or Estrella Warbirds would be
> very interesting to the usual suspects, even more so if they were actively
> operating on-site...
> 
> But we can do much better to encourage more participation, either on site,
> in the area, or from home stations.. This event has the potential to be a
> really good mil "Field Day/Exercise" like the ones in Santa Paula in years
> past (which seemed to have faded away).
> 
> Thanks,Tim
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