[TAC] Field Day planning

[Marty A. Van De Ven]

Eyes In, just for beer.  2A, GOTA and make the top ten.  Better to have more 
ops than to many stations that we can't keep on the air.  Only chance I 
won't be there is if Paulette is at Mayo Clinic tehn.

Martini
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hank Kohl K8DD" <k8dd at usol.com>
To: "Thumb (MI) Area Contesters (and DX'ers)" <tac at mailman.qth.net>; "K8MM 
Ian" <k8mm at arrl.net>
Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 11:40 PM
Subject: Re: [TAC] Field Day planning


>
>
> Ian Hill wrote:
>
>>Well gang now that Dayton and Memorial Day weekend are all but over it's 
>>time to start with planning field day.
>>
>>
> Yes ....
>
>>The location is already taken care of and K8DD can tell all of us more 
>>about it and I'll put up a map with directions on the website.
>>
>>
> North Lakeport.  This is not your casual laid back general
> purpose (or 2m club) Field Day, for the past many years that
> EMARC has been doing Field Day it has been a fairly serious
> experience, similar to that of a semi-intense operation. But
> we have fun too!  There is some food on the FD site, most is
> consumed across the street at the Tally Ho Saturday.  Sunday
> morning the Mobil station has hot coffee and a really good
> Krispy Kreme rack!  There is an abundance of pop and beer,
> but in the past no one has become overcome by either.  There
> is very limited camping - it's Field Day!
>
> Option 1
> Go to http://maps.google.com/  and put North Lakeport, MI in
> the search box and hit the UP arrow on the map one time.
> The park is the light gray area north of the dark gray area
> in the green Lakeport State Park.   Everyone knows how to
> get to Port Huron and go north past the Birchwood Mall on
> M-25, don't they?
>
> Option 2
> Imlay City to Tally Ho Inn1 ..... It uses M-25 through Fort
> Gratiot, north of Port Huron with all the VE3 shopping traffic
>
> Option3
> Imlay City to Tally Ho Inn2 ..... It avoids M-25, and all of
> the VE3 shopping traffic.
>
> If the attachments don't come through, I'll get them to Ian
> and he can put them on the web.
>
>>What class should we run this year is something to think about and after 
>>that's decided we can focus more on the logistics of supplies and 
>>manpower.
>>
>>
> 2A + GOTA for sure
> Last year the line-up was AC8W, K8DD, K8JM, K8MM (short
> time), K8MV, K8WMW, W8XI (absent this year) and over 1500
> QSO's - mostly all CW.
> The EMARC president AA8HR usually makes a cameo appearance
> and gets on 40M SSB for an hour.  There are maybe a half
> dozen other ops who show up but wouldn't sit down and
> operate if you gave them $100 and a date with Cindy Crawford.
> Five ops can do a 2A and GOTA (last year we had a couple of
> kids show up and operate on 40M SSB).
>
> If we get enough ops - two or three more, we throw up
> another antenna in the trees, and put another radio on the air.
>
> Last year the equipment was:
> Laptops at each station running CT for Windows - frequency
> control and keying control and paddle plugged into the
> laptop's parallel port.
> 40M  IC-765    G5RV up about 60 ft in the center
> 20/80M  IC-765    TA-33 @ 40 ft and a G5RV @ 35 ft
> We have had good luck with G5RV's and the 80M G5RV should be
> higher in a tree this year.
> There is enough room to add another G5RV for another station.
>
>>This message is meant to get the ball rolling. We can do a lot of our 
>>planning using email or even on the air if anyone can suggest a time and 
>>frequency to meet.
>>
>>The next club meeting I have scheduled for the 14th of June. If anyone can 
>>think of a good reason not to have it then, let me know.
>>
>>
> I cannot think of a good reason not to!
> We could do it at Calvellis ..... or we could do it here in
> suburban Lum .... and attempt to see if the tent that I have
> in the garage will be a serviceable tent for two stations.
>
> 73    Hank    K8DD
>
>>Ian
>>K8MM
>
> -- 
> 'Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their
> level then beat you with experience.'    -anon
>
>
>


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