Any AMRAD members at Fied Day?

Tue Jun 25 13:48:09 CDT 2013

Frank,

The "huge" batteries were 13.2VDC, 40Ah, LiFeMgPO4's.  They are packaged
car battery style in a plastic case containing charging and protection
circuitry.  They were purchased surplus.  I'll try to track down more
information.

Martin

On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 11:25 AM, Bill Fastenau
<bill.fastenau at verizon.net>wrote:

>
>
> Hi Folks!
>
> I ran the VHF station at W2GSB on LI.  Had a 85 foot JLG crane and some
> mast for the 2m and 6m yagis.  I enjoyed the late morning 6m opening.  The
> club up here, Great South Bay ARC ran 5F with a GOTA station, the VHF/UHF
> station, 1solar/battery 40m CW/PSK with a 40m 3 el wire yagi fixed SW, and
> great BBQ (courtesy of Rich/K2BBQ) from the Town of Babylon EOC. We had 1
> triband HF yagi on a trailered crank up, loads of dipoles and a 20m bobtail
> curtain which worked really well.
>
> 73-
>
> Bill/WB2QGZ
>
> Bill Fastenau
> 516 462 6422
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Jun 24, 2013, at 8:42, Martin <dcmk1mr2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> HacDC ARC (W3HAC) had its inaugural FD in its space in St Stephens church
> in downtown Washington, DC.   One of our members survived and operated in
> the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew in Miami and thought that it was as
> authentic a crisis response location as the middle of a park.
>
> We entered as a 3e but ended up running just one transmitter most of the
> time.   We put up an 80 ft loop and 10 m dipole  and also used a existing
> 20 m monopole.  We also put up a permanent UHF/VHF vertical and made
> several contacts on that.  One members brought in huge lithium batteries
> and we ran on battery power.  We brought several hundred watts of solar
> panels but didn't have time to set them up.    We introduced a bunch of new
> people to ham radio and got several non-amateurs on the air.  Due to all
> the time spent schmoozing with visitors our duty cycle was pretty low and
> the batteries lasted.  We also had a gas generator we never fired up.
>
> I operated PSK31 mostly on 20 m and made just a few dozen contacts.  I
> planned to operate at 5 W but ended up at 15 W.  This was my first contest
> event and I am new to PSK31 so it was a shock how fast everything was
> happening. I'm sure I would've had better luck with more power and some
> psk31 skills.
>
> Martin KB3UJQ
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 7:39 AM, fgentges at mindspring.com <
> fgentges at mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>> I was out at the K4LRG site at the VHF station.  We worked a number of
>> sky wave QSOs from noon to 2 PM on 6 meters.  That station worked out well.
>>  Bill Fenn also came out.
>>
>> We also had a group of recent Technician class graduates getting their
>> Baofeng UV5R radios with a short class.  Once done they went around field
>> day getting first class introduction to field day plus some on the air
>> operation.  At least one youngster was really hooked at the VHF station
>> with over 10 QSOs with little help.
>>
>> Frank K0BRA
>>
>>
>> On 6/23/13 10:52 PM, wb4jfi at knology.net wrote:
>>
>>> Well, Mel and I operated the Field Day CW station for a local ham club
>>> here in Charleston (Trident ARC), the call was N4EE (not N4I).  I remember
>>> making a few contacts with K4LRG on different bands.  Were any AMRAD
>>> members in the DC area behind the key at K4LRG, or another club station, or
>>> is that a dumb question?
>>>
>>> Once again, I was the overnight CW operator, but this year I operated
>>> some during the day as well.  I will have "CQ FD de..." in CW ringing in my
>>> head for the next few days!
>>>
>>> My Elecraft K3/P3 was a godsend!  WE were able to operate on any HF band
>>> with just a push of the ATU tune button.  And we saw no interference from
>>> the nearby SSB station, even when operating on the same band.  I got real
>>> good at sending TU N4EE 2A SC BK.... Now if I can learn how to send the
>>> rest of the alphabet.
>>> 73, Terry, WB4JFI
>>>
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> On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 7:39 AM, fgentges at mindspring.com <
> fgentges at mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>> I was out at the K4LRG site at the VHF station.  We worked a number of
>> sky wave QSOs from noon to 2 PM on 6 meters.  That station worked out well.
>>  Bill Fenn also came out.
>>
>> We also had a group of recent Technician class graduates getting their
>> Baofeng UV5R radios with a short class.  Once done they went around field
>> day getting first class introduction to field day plus some on the air
>> operation.  At least one youngster was really hooked at the VHF station
>> with over 10 QSOs with little help.
>>
>> Frank K0BRA
>>
>>
>> On 6/23/13 10:52 PM, wb4jfi at knology.net wrote:
>>
>>> Well, Mel and I operated the Field Day CW station for a local ham club
>>> here in Charleston (Trident ARC), the call was N4EE (not N4I).  I remember
>>> making a few contacts with K4LRG on different bands.  Were any AMRAD
>>> members in the DC area behind the key at K4LRG, or another club station, or
>>> is that a dumb question?
>>>
>>> Once again, I was the overnight CW operator, but this year I operated
>>> some during the day as well.  I will have "CQ FD de..." in CW ringing in my
>>> head for the next few days!
>>>
>>> My Elecraft K3/P3 was a godsend!  WE were able to operate on any HF band
>>> with just a push of the ATU tune button.  And we saw no interference from
>>> the nearby SSB station, even when operating on the same band.  I got real
>>> good at sending TU N4EE 2A SC BK.... Now if I can learn how to send the
>>> rest of the alphabet.
>>> 73, Terry, WB4JFI
>>>
>>>
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>>> Tacos mailing list
>>> Tacos at amrad.org
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