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Dan,
   I just got through taking a class on FD at the Contest  University in 
Dayton. To minimize the points they said you should start with a  station on 
phone for both twenty and forty meters. Then the next two stations  should be 
cw on twenty and forty meters. After that a twenty meter RTTY station.  
Then start filling in other bands. Opps I forgot that you need a GOTA station 
on  twenty meters phone. They recommended using dipole antennas at least 1/2 
wave  above ground and orientated end to end. They said that the 27A group 
in Maryland  does it this way and has not intermod problems and makes at 
least 9000 contacts  every year.
   I passed out Colorado QSO party handouts today.
 
73,
Dave
 
 
In a message dated 5/13/2010 9:55:32 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time,  
dscott1644 at comcast.net writes:

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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