[OFARC] FW: Adapting for Field Day

[Ralph (home)]

Dom,
I agree with  your premise.  

Too many FD set-ups are planned to the extreme, run as a competition, and
set up where the public never knows about it.
That is why I concentrated on OUTREACH last year and did FD in the middle of
a neighborhood.
That is what got people into CERT training in December and the radio license
class in January. 

I am trying to get permission to use tables from our community building and
set  up in the field next to the building (with access to the building for
toilets).
If that fails, I plan to set up at the neighborhood park or in my front yard
using solar panels for power and a long wire antenna (or maybe one of my
infamous ladder-line antennas made with popsicle sticks!)
Maybe I will make a sign "EMERGENCY COMMUNICAITONS DRILL"

I may make a habit of doing FD as a roving event.... do at a different
public location each year......  neighborhood school, church, post office,
Walmart, etc.

Ralph - KE5HDF
Ad Astra!!


-----Original Message-----
From: Dominic Mazoch [mailto:domemt at juno.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2020 14:00
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Subject: Re: [OFARC] FW: Adapting for Field Day

CQ;

I am going to be a bit to the point blunt.

But FD in its present form is Jurassic Park.

We need to be able to deploy and use all modes and all frequencies.

But FD I do not think cuts it.  Too plained.  To normal.

The real test is when something comes out of nowhere and the defication
meets the ventilation. At night.  During the week.

And does it move the needle in terms of getting new hams?

Personally, PI Day last year, the BSA events at the Dome, and even Dickens
introduced more people to ham radio.  And the first two were under FD
conditions

I think the FD part should be more intergrated to the Simulated Emergency
Test in October.  Now, once we get the all clear, the GOTA station could be
an event on its own.

The needle needs to be moved.  But I think we having been doing a famous
line from I think Albert Einstein:  Doing the same thing overand over again
expecting a diferent result.

Sometimes it is good not doing something, for when you return, you are fresh
and have an open mind.

If I skip FD, it is OK.  HF has not been too great generally below 7.0mhz.

73,


Dominic Mazoch, N5TCB

---------- Original Message ----------
From: "Ralph \(home\)" <ke5hdf at sbcglobal.net>
To: "OFARC" <ofarc at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: [OFARC] FW:  Adapting for Field Day
Date: Wed, 13 May 2020 12:38:57 -0500

I missed this link..... this has some more creative ideas for Field Day

http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Field-Day/2020/Creative%20Approaches%20to%20F
ield%20Day%202020.pdf


Ralph

-----Original Message-----
From: ofarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:ofarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
On Behalf Of Ralph
Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2020 20:10
To: OFARC <ofarc at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: [OFARC] Adapting for Field Day

This link takes you to a nice article at ARRL

It describes ways adapt and still participate as a club or individual.

Hal and I welcome your thoughts on how OFARC should proceed.


http://www.arrl.org/news/field-day-2020-a-time-to-adapt




73

Ralph  KE5HDF

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