[TCARC-NTX] Field Day, 2003

Sun, 8 Jun 2003 16:38:15 -0500

Good Field Day discussion at the meeting last night, thanks to Mark for
volunteering to centralize the activities since Terry is going to be out
of town.

Here's a Suggested Sign up for stations shooting for 3A:  volunteer now
for which rig you'll provide and manage, first come first serve.

Several said they'd bring theirs...pick a spot;  I recall Mark
volunteered his rig for 20Meters.

Station Managers provide Rig and Sign up operators for each block of
time ( 1 or 2 hours) for the 24 hour period.  Times notsigned up,
station manager responsible to operate.

HF Station Managers/Providers:

Rig 1 for 20M:  Mark K5PSB
Backup Rig 1:

Rig 2 for 40/15M:  ??
Backup Rig 2:

Rig 3 for 80/10M:  ??
Backup Rig 3:

GOTA Rig:  ??

Satellite rig:  ??

Digital Rig: ??

VHF/UHF: ??

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] 
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mark Clark
> Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2003 11:29 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [TCARC-NTX] Field Day, 2003
> 
> 
> 
> Hi Folks:
> 
> At the club meeting last night, it was decided that we should 
> try to be a 
> little more systematic in our approach to the manning of 
> stations for field 
> day.  As you know, along with the fun and camaraderie that 
> natural flows 
> from this activity, there is an underlying serious purpose.  We are 
> supposed to be testing our ability to set up in a remote location and 
> operate effectively without the advantages of commercial power, air 
> conditioning and indoor plumbing. Now, in a real emergency 
> situation, the 
> first prerequisite of operating an emergency station would be 
> that the 
> station was manned for the entire period, with no 
> embarrassing lapses in 
> the wee hours of the morning.  To this end, we are going to 
> try something 
> new.  This year we will be taking volunteers to be assigned as radio 
> operators for a 4 hour shift throughout the 24 hour period.  
> I think it 
> would be best to have 2 people assigned for each shift.  At 
> least one of 
> the 2 operators for each shift should be qualified to be a control 
> operator, meaning an operator who has HF privileges and who 
> can, hopefully, 
> be depended upon to not blow up radios.  The 2 people can 
> then take turns 
> operating and logging.
> 
> We will be operating either 2 or 3 transmitters this year, 
> depending on how 
> many volunteers we get.  We will have more stations set up 
> than this, but 
> only the specified number can be operating at any one time.  
> We will also 
> need a "Get on the Air" (GOTA) Station, possibly in the trailer.  A 
> volunteer to coordinate the GOTA station is needed.
> 
> Fred Muehlen, N5WLA, and Chris Brewer, N5GMJ, will act as 
> station captains 
> for the HF Stations.  This means they will be responsible for 
> setting up 
> stations and assigning shifts of operators to work them.  If 
> we have enough 
> participation, I will act as station captain for the third station.
> 
> If you wish, you can set up your own station to operate during your 
> shift(s).  It's good experience and one of the fun things 
> about FD, but 
> please remember that, once we decide on the number of 
> transmitters, we 
> cannot transmit with more than that number at one time.  You 
> can choose to 
> work phone, CW or digital (or some combination thereof) during your 
> shift.  All 3 modes will be available.  Band plans will be 
> worked out once 
> we have a clearer idea how many transmitters we will have.  
> Obviously, we 
> cannot have 2 transmitters operating the same band and mode 
> at the same 
> time, but the laws of physics pretty much enforce that one for us.  :)
> 
> For logging, we will again have the venerable (not to say, 
> moldy) WR9R 
> software which will run under MS-DOS available.  Also, I have found a 
> Windoze logger from N3FJP which I like a lot that I will be 
> using.  I have 
> paid a small registration fee for this software that I will 
> be donating to 
> the club and anyone is welcome to use it.  Station captains 
> are responsible 
> for choosing software and so forth, the only caveat being 
> that the log 
> files produced must be in "Cabrillo" format to meet the ARRL 
> rules.  This 
> is not something you generally should need to worry about, 
> since anyone 
> writing a field day logging program would be insane to not 
> use this format 
> for the files.
> 
> For anyone with 802.11 capabilities, (which, if I understand 
> it correctly, 
> just means a wireless LAN interface in your computer) David Johnson, 
> KB5YLG, has offered to set up a wireless LAN in the area for 
> shared log 
> file storage.
> 
> VHF, Satellite and other "special" stations are welcome, and 
> do not count 
> against our number of transmitters, but if you are going to 
> do something 
> like that, please do volunteer to work at least one shift at 
> the HF stations.
> 
> Odds and Ends:  We will have some sort of dinner on Saturday 
> night provided 
> by the club and prepared by (in the somewhat chauvinistic 
> term employed by 
> KZ5RR) the "womenfolk." Fred has volunteered to produce a 
> breakfast of 
> reputed edibility to anyone who survives until Sunday morning.
> 
> Needless to say, everything is open to discussion.  I don't 
> pretend to be 
> the expert, just the shmoe with the job.  Suggestions are 
> very welcome.
> 
> Let's don't clutter up the reflector with volunteers, just 
> send your offers 
> of assistance and your preferred operating times 
> to  [email protected].  I will be pestering you some more 
> as I think of 
> things to pester you about.  :)
> 
> mark-
> k5psb
> 
> 
> ---
> 
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> than the sage amongst his books.
> For to you, kingdoms and their armies
> are mighty and enduring,
> But to him, they are but toys of the moment
> To be overturned by the flicking of a finger.
> 
>                                      --- Lessons: Anonymous
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