[PaQSO] Catalina Radio Club/Radio Society of Tucson Field Day Announcement

[KE7DX]

YOU ARE INVITED!!!

Hey Y’all!!

The Catalina Radio Club and Radio Society of Tucson are joining to go to Mt.
Bigelow for Field Day 2011 in 18 days more or less! Plan to join this winning
team (first place in the fun category) at our usual Bear Wallow campsite up on
COOL Mt. Bigelow and bring your family. Get out of the Tucson heat! The
mountain is always 20° to 30° cooler than Tucson proper.

Turn off Mt. Lemmon Highway at the big “CRC FIELD DAY” sign at Milepost 21, about
a mile past the Palisades Ranger Station. A map is on the CRC website at
http://www.w7sa.org/Field_Day. Don’t forget your daily or annual Coronado 
Recreation Area pass!

We start setting up Friday, 24 June, and go through Sunday afternoon. Come up
early to camp and help claim the campgrounds. The Field Day exercise is 11 AM
Saturday through 11 AM Sunday. We will be using the old CRC 2M repeater output
frequency (147.39 simplex) for talk-in and site coordination.

Again this year June Sherlock KE7JJU is planning hummingbird watching, a UofA
Observatory tour, Morse code, and other kid-friendly outdoor activities for the
younger set. Bring the kids!! Also, we plan to repeat the demo at the Palisades
Ranger Station on tree-rings, how the tree coring tool works, and everything else
tree-ring oriented. Adults and kids are invited! Carpooling is encouraged.

We are having our annual CRC potluck dinner Saturday afternoon at 5 ish. The
club is providing the entree (burgers, hotdogs, veggie burgers...not yet
decided...ideas?) and bottled water. Bring up a salad, beans, dessert, chips and
dip, etc. Get creative!! Anything and everything is welcome. Please bring
plates and eating tools. Bring a table if you have one! Chairs, too! Pack up
the family and treat them to a wonderful culinary treat in the cool Catalina
mountains.

The CRC/RST clubs are also providing a dual-band Gotta-Go Station for everyone to
operate this year!! (Read that as two Porta-Potties.)

We will be operating five or seven stations around the clock, or so. We need
operators and loggers. Call the CRC FD Chairman, Gary Keck KE7DX, at 749-0725 if
you have a favorite time to operate. No license is needed. Come up and try
contesting in a no-stress, fun atmosphere. The “Get On The Air” station for
visitors, newbie hams, and inactive oldies will be operating with a coach
available. No experience needed!!

For the first time, we will be having a HAMFEST directly after Field Day! Bring
stuff to sell and set it out Sunday at 11am!

I sent letters to the newspaper and major TV stations inviting them up to report
on this fun time. Want to be on TV?? Film at 10?? We got two minutes on KVOA
several years ago. Come on up!!

Draft Schedule

Date Time (MST) 
Activity
Leader

Fri, 06/24/11 11:00 AM
ANTENNA/STATION SETUP
Station Captains, Public Welcome!

Fri, 06/24/11 Evening 
Functional operations check: Stations (RF), Computer connectivity, N1MM setup and 
trial.
Station Captains, Public Welcome!

Throughout
Hummingbird Identification
June KE7JJU

Sat, 06/25/11 9:00 AM
University of Arizona Steward Observatory Tour
June KE7JJU

Sat, 06/25/11 10:00 AM
Raytheon EMCOMM Exercise
Randy KD7KEQ

Sat, 06/25/11 11:00 AM 
FIELD DAY OPERATION START

TBD Satellite Demonstration
Larry W7LB

TBD SM Message & NTS Traffic
Mike AD7RZ, Adam KC7DVF

Sat, 06/25/11 2:00 PM 
Transmitter Hunt (Radio Direction Finding)
Randy KD7KEQ
Youth Activities: Morse Code Names, Arts & Crafts 
June KE7JJU

Sat, 06/25/11 3:00 PM 
Natural Power Demonstration
Larry W7LB

Sat, 06/25/11 5:00 PM 
POTLUCK DINNER (bring a side dish or dessert)
Rick W1GHF

Sat, 06/25/11 7:00 PM
Youth Activity: Morse Code Flashlight Messages
June KE7JJU
(BYO flashlight & batteries!)

Sun, 06/26/11 11:00 AM 
FIELD DAY OPERATION END

Sun, 06/26/11 11:00 AM 
HAMFEST
Public Welcome! 

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+Gary Keck, KE7DX
Arizona QSO Party Coordinator
Member, Catalina Radio Club, Radio Society of Tucson, Arizona Outlaws Contest Club
ARRL Life Member
SKCC # 5615