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June 27th 04, 07:53 PM
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"Steve Robeson K4CAP" wrote in message ... Subject: Field Day Plans? From: "Ryan, KC8PMX" Date: 6/24/2004 11:20 AM Central Standard Time Message-id: Will be running KC8PMX on 50Mhz-450Mhz bands. I was thinking a shorter call would help, but I ran those phonetics thru my mind a couple times, and "PAPA MIKE X-RAY" seems to me to be rather prominent. It's not too bad, although I wished I would have gotten a different call when originally assigned. I might purposefully go for the vanity call of K8KEA, just to be a pain in the ass because our club call is W8KEA. hi hi Decided to run on my own as a matter of passive resistance to the local club's field day planner. Field day is supposed to be an emergency preparedness scenario, and there is nothing close to that from what I see of the plans locally here. How's that, Ryan...??? Too much of the picnic-in-the-park thing? No, just a kind of passive resistance thing. I seriously do not agree with the person who is our field day planner and club vicepresident. I am not the only one boycotting the club field day either.... It has been chosen solely by him to be placed at one of the high schools out in the county (as opposed to the city) where there is little traffic on the weekends (passing by the school that is). Field Day should be at least 50% PROMOTIONAL as well as 50% emergency simulation. Since it is not an actual emergency simulation since we all clearly know when it is going to be, AND of course get to chose where we set up, just how does that qualify as emergency planning/communications. Yes there is the PREPLANNING but on our fire department we dont get to know when our next medical call or car accident or house fire is, we just respond and deal with it as best as we can. In a real emergency, we may be required to set up in an area less that to be desired, such as a parking lot. Or an open field without those natural antenna supports..... Also, we would not normally know when that emergency would occur....... Maybe, at least if it was changed to where we DO know the weekend it is gonna be, BUT each countie's EC/RO or emergency services director decides the location??? I still believe that the PR value of Field Day far outwieghs any other aspect of field day. Not sure which classification I will be running yet, but will be using 3 transmitters, on battery power, occasionally charged by a vehicle's electrical system, but the batteries won't be located in the vehicle. And I will be operating from our fire department's parking lot of which I am a member of. I had hoped to not be working this weekend, however I'm stuck. I can relate.... have had to work weekends in the past too on that same weekend. Quite a few years ago I had built a small wind generator and had it on the roof of the barracks I was in. It charged two marine (no pun intended) deep cycle trolling motor batteries and those in turn ran my ICOM IC-730. I ran it at 35-50 watts CW and I ran out beofre the batteries did! I've been wanting to build another, and perhaps I will before next Field Day. 73 Steve, K4YZ I have been contemplating some type of solar charging system, but will be looking into various costs of doing so. Since my operation will be operating at a park picnic table, with my car near by, solar panels small enough to transport but large enough to provide adequate surface charging/and usage for daytime, so that when the evening comes, I can start will full batteries would be nice. Well, I have a whole year now to work on that!  Ryan KC8PMX |
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