Weather looks good for Field Day. We start at 9:00 AM tomorrow Saturday when we need mucho help for setup — especially the 40M/20M wire Yagi antenna. If convenient bring along: keyers, headsets, adapters, coax jumpers (marked with your callsign) just in case we are short something.
We have been asked by Skyscrapers to park cars near the street in the SW corner of the open field. They anticipate some public star gazing on Saturday night.
If you haven’t advised NG1Mike about your presence for meals, please do so. See separate posting regarding meals and bringing food items.
See my earlier posting that has all the essential; details. Good luck and have fun ! !
I will be at the site shortly after 9:00 AM with the PCs and cables. If you are an early arrival and want to start arranging inside, the PC/radio setup should be similar to the last two years less the GOTA station. Stations 1 and 2 will be just inside the first two windows adjacent to the main entry door. The space for 6M will be next to the third window by the second door. The 6M FT991A for FT8, CW and SSB will be located there with the antenna just outside 15 feet feet or so from the building. Charlie will make determination where the satellite station is setup and be out of the way of vehicle and foot traffic. The TS2000 will be a 6M backup for the FT991A for CW and SSB in the event we can’t figure out the settings.
John W1AN
Someone please bring a 2-meter FM handheld for the Section Manager message bonus points.
W1AW FD Special Bulletin follows. I have already tweeted a message with the specified hash tag, so that should count for the social media bonus points as well.
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AN EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS EXERCISE, SOCIAL GATHERING, OR FRIENDLY COMPETITION, ALL THESE TERMS AND MORE DESCRIBE ARRL FIELD DAY 2019.
THIS EVENT OFFERS SEASONED OPERATORS AND NEWCOMERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO HONE THEIR SKILLS AND GET ON THE AIR UNDER LESS THAN IDEAL CONDITIONS IN THE FIELD.
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WITH ALL OPERATING MODES PERMITTED, MANY GROUPS MAY FIND THE DIGITAL MODES, INCLUDING MSK, PSK, FT8, AND OTHERS, A HIGHLIGHT WHILE DEMONSTRATING THEIR STATIONS TO SERVED AGENCIES AND THE PUBLIC.
IN TODAYS COMMUNICATIONS ENVIRONMENT, ONE OF THE BEST WAYS FOR AMATEUR RADIO TO INTERACT WITH THE PUBLIC IS THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA. USE TWITTER, FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM AND OTHER PLATFORMS AS A QUICK AND EASY WAY TO LET PEOPLE KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING BEFOSE, DURING AND AFTER FIELD DAY.
Oh, and I’ll have an HT with me.
Sorry, I thought this thread was viewable by members only. I didn’t mean to post the bulletin for public consumption, and I can’t seem to delete my comment.
Did anyone leave (lose) a pair of brown eyeglasses at the FD site?