[NLRS] VHF during Field Day? What our your plans?

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W0JT plans to run the VHF/UHF/Satellite station for the Twin Cities 
Repeater Club (TCRC) in Burnsville, MN, under the callsign of W0BU. We plan 
to bring out 6M, 2M, and 70cm. Last year, we caught no 6M eSkip and we had 
a problem with our new mechanical setup that caused a pinched 2M feedline 
that was not discovered until teardown. Hence we made virtually no QSO's on 
2M, and made no successful satellite QSO's last year. This year we hope to 
be a bit more careful with the positioning of the feedlines and have all 
three antennas effectively connected to the radio(s). If I am going for 
KISS, I will bring out the FT-847 and no external amplifiers, giving 100 
watts on 50 MHz and 50 watts on 144 and 432 MHz. If I am a bit more 
ambitious, I will bring amplifiers for 2M (150 watts) and/or for 70cm (100 
watts) but the problem is that the FT-847 has only one power control knob, 
and turning down the 2M power to 10 watts to prevent overdriving the 2M 
amplifier also turns down the power to 10 watts on the other bands, so it 
requires quite a bit of finesse to prevent blowing up an amplifier or 
accidentally operating QRP instead of QRO.

It is also possible I will bring out 222 MHz just to get some practice for 
the January VHF contest when I plan to be a 4-band rover in Texas. Time 
will tell. But I don't expect many points to come from that band on Field 
Day.

John
W0JT/5

On May 14 2013, Jim Froemke wrote:

>
>
>We can only hope for better 6 meter propagation this year during field day
>(June 22 & 23). So, who's-in with what bands and where will you be located?
>
> 
>
 Recently, I've noticed that those with a casual exposure to 6 meters 
(during
 field day) have in many cases added 6 as one of their primary bands at 
their
>home QTH. But, had it not been for badgering them to operate a shift at the
>optional VHF FD station, they wouldn't have gotten interested. It's just
>another example of: "Activity breeds activity!"
>
> 
>
>We'll need to be creative about activity on 2 meters during field day as we
 can't count on an opening. But, we can look for each other's field day 
sites
 if we know about your operation. So, make some chatter on this reflector 
and
>let us know what your tentative plans are (subject to change).
>
> 
>
>I'll be with the Alexandria Radio Club again running the combined GOTA and
>VHF station. More details to follow as I haven't been to a planning meeting
>yet.
>
> 
>
>73, Jim
>
>K0MHC
>
>"Make some RF noise!"
>
> 
>
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