[v7arcssbnet] [V7ARC] Monthly Club meeting for June 2026 - and FIELD DAY BACKUP PLAN

[Tom Bonifas]

Thanks Steve 👍

On Thu, Jun 25, 2026, 11:12 PM Steve Schaarschmidt via V7ARC <
v7arc at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

> Greetings, Fellow Villagers!
> ( Steve KØCI writing on behalf of Tom KCØYVW this time )
>
> Don't forget that this Saturday (June 27th, 2026) is the 4th Saturday of
> the
> month, and that can only mean that it's time for our monthly V7ARC Club
> Meeting
> and breakfast at the Village Inn at 7384 Duryea Drive
> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/7384+Duryea+Drive?entry=gmail&source=g>
> off of Woodmen Road.
> We will have the "official" meeting and club related discussions at
> 0900hrs, but you
> will want to get there much earlier for breakfast and chit-chat with your
> fellow hams
> and maybe even a new face or two.
>
> Raffle tickets for the PPRAA Megafest will be available for cash purchase.
>
> THEN, shortly after the meeting,... FIELD DAY,...!
>
> Doug ADØTP will miss the Saturday morning meeting in order to occupy a
> "first come, first served" gazebo at Widefield Community Park for a Field
> Day opportunity!
> The event starts at noon in our time zone; the park closes at dusk. This is
> for Saturday ONLY.
>
> Please search your favorite map app for Widefield Community Park and get
> directions!
>
> The park is at the intersection of Fontaine Boulevard and Drury Lane in ZIP
> code 80911.
> Steve KØCI will join Doug 'TP as soon as possible after the breakfast
> meeting at Village Inn.
> (basically a straight shot southbound on Powers Boulevard from Woodmen to
> Fontaine)
> The park's parking lot is accessible from Drury and our station will be
> visible from there.
>
> We will have talk-in capability on ADØTP/R, FM, both 447.775(-) and
> 146.850(-) MHz, CTCSS 156.7 Hz.
>
> We will have CW and SSB capability on 40m thru 6m, presumably running Class
> 1A (one station on battery power).
> Steve 'CI's favorite thing on Field Day is to enable other operators to get
> on HF CW, especially if it's their first time.
> Bring your favorite straight key or paddles and we can rig you up to an
> Icom 735 with alligator leads.
> We will also have a nice Heil microphone with a wind filter and an
> adjustable boom stand if you prefer to talk.
> And, of course, we have clipboards, logs sheets, dupe sheets, pencils,
> sharpeners, erasers, and scratch pads.
>
> MANY THANKS to Steve KEØRSI for offering his "McKEE RANCH"! ... TOO BAD it
> DIDN'T WORK OUT this time.
> Steve 'RSI, you have been SO GENEROUS with your hospitality toward V7ARC
> these past several years!
> You're a GENUINE GOOD GUY and we might not say "THANK YOU" often enuf!
>
> OK. I'll hit "Send" in a minute. Please write back with any questions.
> I think I'll visit the PPRAA FD site (parking lot at Mountain View Electric
> Association on East Woodmen) on Sunday.
> 73 and CUL,
>  = Steve KØCI
> cell/text 719-660-9088
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