For clarification:

Hi all,

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I want to solicit more thoughts on the question of operating 2A vs 3A during summer Field Day this June.

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This past Saturday we had our first committee meeting for the upcoming June 22nd-23rd Field Day.? Some of the more important things discussed:

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o??? We will be operating 2A RI using W1DDD.? Discussed possibly going 3A depending on participation.? WE NEED OPERATORS!

o??? We will be having a sign-up sheet for operating times.? If you want premium operating time you will have to help out in some way or another with set-up on Friday afternoon/Saturday morning or take-down on Sunday afternoon.? There will be a sign-up sheet for this as well.

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At the first planning meeting Randy K5ZD suggested we operate 3A so I’m interested to hear more about what people are thinking both from a contesting and club activity perspective.

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Having operated Field Day from Aruba last year, I’m looking forward to participating with BVARC this year and think we might have more active operators available.? Personally I would rather have radios be idle some of the time than not enough opportunities for everyone who wants to operate.? I’m aware there’s a challenge of keeping the radios from interfering with each other and believe part of the issue is the IC-7300 requiring an external bandpass filter (Mark KW1X has a set of these).? I assume we’ll only operate one station per band (phone or CW) at a time.? I’m willing to bring and setup my FTdx10 which has a stronger front end if desired.?

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In my current understanding we have:

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·???????? Station 1: club IC-7300 with a 20-15-10m tribander on a 30’ tower.

·???????? Station 2: club IC-7300 with an 80-10m capable doublet.

·???????? GOTA station using the QSO-A-Go-Go trailer (Mickey’s IC-7300) and call sign NA1Q with free standing antenna [I forget the model].

·???????? A 6 meter “free” station for all 3 modes (CW, SSB, Digital). ?6 meters could be open during the day or not.
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·???????? Possible station for satellite contact?

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Additional antennas:

·???????? Fan dipole.

·???????? EFHW (40-10).

·???????? Wolf River Coils style 1/4 wave vertical (20-15-10).

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Day time: 40m, 20m, 15m, or 10m.? The GOTA station could use any band which is not otherwise active.

Late shift: 80m, 40m, 20m. ?15m could be active late into the evening.

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To make our decision easier I think it would help to understand how many people want to operate for an hour or two, versus volunteering to operate for 4 hours or more including late evening or early morning.

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I can volunteer for 4 hours or more.

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73 and Enjoy!

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·???????? Peter K1AV

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