[TAC] Comments on FP land

[Jeff]

At 01:20 PM 8/22/05, you wrote:
>1.  It sounds like our guying situation should best be handled by
>rocks-and-bags.  Does that make the TA33 impractical?  Just food for
>thought.

Not necessarily.  However, the anchor tie points should be somehow reenforced,
so they don't tear out during your stay.  We used small, cheap tarps, and some
of the ferrules were starting to tear out towards the end of the 
week.  I think a
couple more days would have done them in completely, and that was just with
dipoles, etc.

>2.  Does having a vehicle make sense?  We are going to be pretty tired,
>and I'm guessing that we'll be making trips back and forth to the lumber
>yard, grocery store, ACE Hardware, and restaurant.  Daylight is limited,
>and I hate to have to wait an hour for a bolt or a hunk of rope if we
>have to walk.  Just an idea.  Plus we would have 12 volt backup to power
>two rigs (or more)  in the event of a power failure.

We never had a power failure, but as the farmer said when his horse fell
over dead..."gee, that never happened before!".
Does anyone know if the motel has a backup generator?

>3.  I note from the equipment list that I am very light on bringing any
>equipment.  I feel guilty.  I offer to pay for the car rental (if need
>be) to compensate.

Compensate with your superior operating skills! :-)

>4.  I will also give K8GT a call.

The more the merrier!

>5.  I have a 4 position "switch via the coax cable" Ameritron coax
>switch that I will bring.  That will be good for switching vert ant
>directions or between the 80 and 10 meter antennas.

Also cuts down on the amount of coax you'll need to pack.

>
>Greg Surma
>Director of Engineering and Operations, WNEM
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