[PPRAANet] FD

[Dan Scott]

Steve,

As Pam said, PPRAA will be operating FD along with the Monument Fire 
Protection District amateur radio club.  The plan is to run 3F using all 
battery powered.  3F removes the 24-hour setup rule :-)

Exactly what we are building Saturday depends on attendees.  We do have 
2 Moxon antennas we are working on which we expect to tune one for 
20mtrs CW/Digital and the other 20-SSB.  I have parts for one additional 
band (10? 15?).  Another antenna that is being worked on is a multi-band 
curtain, but one of the two working on that is out of town so we are 
uncertain if we will be setting that up and testing it.  There will be 
parts for building various VHF antennas as well.

We are hoping people will bring parts (or kits) to make additional wire 
antennas.  So if you have something you want to make and have most or 
all the parts please feel free to drop by.  It starts at 8:00AM, I'm not 
sure when it ends but I know I have to leave by 12:00.

Antenna building and FD will both be located at Fire Station #1, which 
is about a mile West of the Monument Safeway (and Starbucks for that 
matter) on Highway 105.

I think you would be very happy with a SteppIR.  I have the vertical 
(BigIR) and its tuning follows the radio, I wish I had the beam instead!

For a rig, you just should load up on Megafest raffle tickets!  (K3-100, 
Flex-3000, ID-880H, IC-92AD)

73,
Dan - W0RO
PPRAA Megafest Chairman.

Pam Scott, W0PRS wrote:
> Steve,
>
> Yes, the PPRAA club is operating at Monument Fire Station #1 for Field Day. There is an antenna build on Saturday at 8:00 am as well. The plan is to use these antenna for Field Day and not commercial ones. See our website for more details. 
>
> Pam Scott, W0PRS
> PPRAA Treasurer
>
>  
> On Thursday, May 13, 2010, at 12:18PM, "Steve **KT0DX**" <kt0dx at comcast.net> wrote:
>   
>> Was wondering if anyone is going to be doing anything for Field Day this 
>> year.  If nothing else comes along I will be doing a home station under 
>> emergency power here.
>>
>> While typing this I was also wondering if anyone has anything good or 
>> bad to say about a Stepper IR
>> 3 or 4 element beam being used in Colorado.  There is a long shot at 
>> this time that I may be installing one here to replace the TH6DXX that 
>> is up on the tower now.   I am also looking at maybe a new rig for the 
>> station and the FTDX5000 has caught my eye but then again I keep looking 
>> at the ICOM 7700 but would sure miss the 2nd separate VFO that I enjoy 
>> with the 1000MP.
>>
>> Steve
>> KT0DX
>>
>>
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