[PaQSO] Ideas for Portable Operations

Mon, 21 Oct 2002 23:09:21 -0400

Not a bad idea!

K3YTL (Murgas ARC) activated Adams county this year!

Bill WA3RA

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Notarius WN3VAW" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 6:21 PM
Subject: Re: [PaQSO] Ideas for Portable Operations

> If you stop and think about it, it would be very easy to, with a little
bit
> of effort on all of our parts, activate all 67 counties.  Everyone who has
> operated portable, rover, or stationary mobile has their own favorite
sites
> in the various counties to go to.  And most of what you'd need to operate
> with (as a bare minimum) would be a 100 watt transceiver, an 80/40 trap
> dipole or similar simple antenna, mike and/or key/keyer, and a card table
> (with suitable shelter in the event of inclement weather).
>
> What we need to do is find amateurs who would be willing to go out as one
> and two man (er, person) teams and set up these various spots.
>
> To do this... well, I'd hate to send out raw "rookies" right off the get
go,
> but anyone with Field Day experience ought to have some idea of what to
do.
> Anyone who might be interested has almost a full year to pick up the
needed
> experience -- start breaking them in at FD 03, then use some of the early
> QSO parties to get them used to that style of operating.
>
> If you do this under the sponsorship or auspices of one or more of the
clubs
> you belong to, then you can have someone with some experience going around
> to help the teams get set up before they go off to do their own thing.
>
> Could it work?  Sure.  If you worked N3SH or WA3SH this year or in the
past
> few years, then you should know it works.  The Clarion County crew this
year
> has been doing it for 3 out of the last 4 (missed last year due to a death
> in our hosts family) up there & last year in Washington.  Two of the
people
> who worked the Washington County crew in years past, many of you got to
know
> as N3ZNI/M & their "co-pilot" N3ZEL.  Most importantly, this year's WA3SH
op
> from Somerset/Washington consisted primarily of ops who had little if any
> PaQP experience, and considering they only had about 2/3 of Saturday to
> operate, they did just fine (and many of them operated from their home
> stations on Sunday, too).
>
> This is something that we can do on our own.  We all know how much fun the
> contest in.  So let's convince some more people and see if we can get more
> activity from ALL 67 counties!
>
> 73, ron wn3vaw
> "Be who you are, say what you think, people that matter don't care, and
> people that care don't matter." -- Dr. Seuss
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jim <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 4:54 PM
> Subject: [PaQSO] Ideas for Portable Operations
>
>
> Thanks to all who worked K3YTL during the party.  We
> had a blast putting Adams County on the air.  I have a
> suggestion about people's plans for next year.  Many
> people seem to want to go to the supposed rare
> counties of western PA.  While it is true that we need
> people everywhere, we seem to neglect the nearby
> counties.
>
> I would like to see operations in:
>
> 1.Perry
> 2.Juniata
> 3.Snyder
>
> These are easily accessible to the population centers
> of the eastern part of the Commonwealth.  US 11 goes
> through all 3 counties(it does hit Juniata, but you
> need a good map to see it.)
>
> In addition, let's say someone wanted to do Snyder,
> they could even live it up and stay at the Hampton Inn
> in Shamokin Dam.  No hardship there.  These 3 counties
> have many areas which should work for an operation.
> These were much harder for us than the counties
> everyone drove to to activate.  Just a thought.  Also,
> can we pursuade any locals to get on the air?
>
> The compiled list was also helpful, since you knew who
> would be where.  We didn't know until the last minute
> that Adams would be put on.
>
> Jim, N3PBH
>
>
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