[PaQSO] Ideas for Portable Operations

[Bill Gallagher]

OK, I'm an idiot! Shouldn't read e-mail when I'm
tired...never read down to the original message!

Bill WA3RA


--- William Gallagher  WA3RA <ks3y@prodigy.net> wrote:
> Not a bad idea!
> 
> K3YTL (Murgas ARC) activated Adams county this year!
> 
> Bill WA3RA
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ron Notarius WN3VAW" <wn3vaw@fyi.net>
> To: <paqso@mailman.qth.net>
> 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 <jss167@yahoo.com>
> > To: <paqso@mailman.qth.net>
> > 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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