[OFARC] FW: Adapting for Field Day

Wed May 13 15:22:48 EDT 2020

Ralph,
If you can’t use the tables from the building in the field I may be able to get permission to use the ones from my scout troop. If I get permission I’ll need to have some help hauling them. 
Jeremy. 

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> On May 13, 2020, at 2:17 PM, Ralph (home) <ke5hdf at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
> 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
> To: ke5hdf at sbcglobal.net
> Cc: ofarc at mailman.qth.net
> 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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