[W2CRA] Field Day 2009

[Art Greenberg]

Hello all,

I'm new to the club and the reflector ... thought I'd take this 
opportunity to say hello, and to say, as I did at the meeting on Friday, 
that I'm looking forward to contributing to the Field Day effort this 
year. I'm available to help with set-up and break-down, and I might be 
available to operate some of the time as well. I am an Extra Class 
license holder.

I have a few antennas that I'm willing to bring along. A pretty old 
Butternut vertical (I think its an HF5V), but I don't know if all of the 
parts are there. I also have a pair of 4 element 6 meter yagis with 
matching sections that makes a great, light weight 2-yagi array. I think I 
also have a light duty rotor that will handle them.

If I can find them, I'm pretty sure I have one or two baluns for 
center-fed dipoles, a bunch of strain and egg type insulators and 
miscellaneous hardware such as thimbles and guy wire clamps. And I have 
quite a bit of #12 and #10 THHN that would be fine for use in temporary 
wire antennas. All we'd need is supports and feed line ...

I have a 40-foot fiberglass extension ladder that would make a fine 
temporary tower or center support for inverted-V antennas ... at least 
two, unless we guy the ladder with some rope ... but I do not have a means 
to transport it.

-- 
Art Greenberg
artg at eclipse.net