Re: Equipment For Sale

#168

The UV-K6 and 4 Stste QRP tuner gave been sold.

I also have the following for sale:

Elecraft KX2 80m to 10m transceiver. Purchased new from Elecraft, Non-Smoking Hamshack. I've used it a couple times but health issues prevent me from really getting to enjoy this radio. Great for POTA/SOTA and Portable Operations. 12W output with 12VDC in, 10W with freshly charged Li-Ion Battery Pack.
So I am selling my Elecraft KX2 Serial Number 04515 with latest firmware installed.
With the following items:
KXAT2 Internal Antenna Tuner Factory installed
2 KXBT2 11v 2.6ah Li-Ion Battery Packs
KXBC2 Rapid Li-Ion Charger
BNC-BP M-Binding Posts for Wire Connection/ Antenna Wires
KX2GNDPLUG Ground Plug with Short Pigtail and Green Anderson Power Pole to Connect Ground Wire
12V External Power Cord with Anderson Power Poles
KX2USB USB Cable
KX2 Owners Manual
KX2 Book by Fred Kady
Side KX GEMS Products Heatsink End Plates installed with Originals in bag
Side KX GEMS Products Cover for KXPD Paddle Port Installed
Side KX GEMS Products Extended KX Tail Leg Installed.
K6ARK Microphone for KX2/3 with PTT Switch
Digirig Mobile Digital Modes Interface Unit with KX2/3 Combined Cables (CAT/MIC/SPKR)
Cost me over $1500 closer to $1600
Selling for $1400

Alexloop Hampack 10 to 40 meter magnetic loop antenna with backpack.
$500

Yaesu VX-6R Tri Band 2m/1.25m/70cm Waterproof Handheld Transceiver with following accessories.
SBR-40Li Lithium Ion Rechargeable Battery Pack, SU-1 Barometric Pressure Sensor Unit installed, MH-73 Waterproof Speaker Mic, FBA-23 AA Battery Pack, SDD-13 DC Power Cord, SAD-24 AC Charger, Belt Clip, Wrist Lanyard, Comet HT-224 Tri Band 144/220/440 Antenna, and ADMS-VX6-USB programming cable, original boxes and owner's manual.
Radio does 5W on 2m and 70cm, 1.5W on 220 Mhz. Backlit display, Extended receive AM/FM/WFM 0.5 to 999.000Mhz Cellular Blocked. Prrprogrammed Shortwave AM Frequencies from Yaesu, NOAA Weather Channels. Great radio with lots of features.
Selling together as a package, will not part out accessories.
Total retail $503.89
Selling for $400

73 Matt NA1Q

Re: Field Day Photos!!!

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That rain was CRAZY!! ?It sounds like it didn’t stop you all! ?

Patty (W1AUT)

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On Jun 29, 2024, at 6:51?PM, Kenneth Trudel <kdtrudel@...> wrote:

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Thanks Randy.? Great pics and? video.? I hope Justin can put it on our website???? ? ? ?JUDSON???

Hopefully next year will be a whole lot better.? Dry and we will need sweatshirts at night...? ?Yeah, that's the ticket....:-)

73, N1RGK
Ken

On Sat, Jun 29, 2024, 4:03?PM Randy Thompson K5ZD via <k5zd=[email protected]> wrote:

Here is a link to OneDrive containing some photos that I took of the Field Day operation.

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It was a wet one!

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Randy K5ZD

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From: judson@... <judson@...>
Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2024 12:10 PM
To: judson@...
Subject: Field Day Photos!!!

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Hi All,

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Field day was lots of fun and a huge success!

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Here is the slideshow!

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I have also updated the website:

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(You may need to clear your cache to see the updated info)

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Enjoy!

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73,

Judson

W1JMZ

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Re: Field Day Photos!!!

#166

Thanks Randy.? Great pics and? video.? I hope Justin can put it on our website???? ? ? ?JUDSON???

Hopefully next year will be a whole lot better.? Dry and we will need sweatshirts at night...? ?Yeah, that's the ticket....:-)

73, N1RGK

Ken

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On Sat, Jun 29, 2024, 4:03?PM Randy Thompson K5ZD via <k5zd=[email protected]> wrote:

Here is a link to OneDrive containing some photos that I took of the Field Day operation.

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It was a wet one!

?

Randy K5ZD

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From: judson@... <judson@...>
Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2024 12:10 PM
To: judson@...
Subject: Field Day Photos!!!

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Hi All,

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Field day was lots of fun and a huge success!

?

Here is the slideshow!

?

I have also updated the website:

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(You may need to clear your cache to see the updated info)

?

Enjoy!

?

73,

Judson

W1JMZ

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Re: Field Day Photos!!!

#165

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Here is a link to OneDrive containing some photos that I took of the Field Day operation.

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It was a wet one!

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Randy K5ZD

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From: judson@... <judson@...>
Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2024 12:10 PM
To: judson@...
Subject: Field Day Photos!!!

?

Hi All,

?

Field day was lots of fun and a huge success!

?

Here is the slideshow!

?

I have also updated the website:

?

(You may need to clear your cache to see the updated info)

?

Enjoy!

?

73,

Judson

W1JMZ

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Re: PRELIMINARY FD RESULTS

#164

Mark, and all members of BVARC?

Thanks to you and to all who stuck it out through the heat, humidity, rain and of course beautiful sunshine when we're we getting ready to leave on Sunday afternoon,.? We did a whole lot better than I would have expected.?

It was fun as always setting up the site and a bit more exciting taking it all down, but I think everyone had a great time.

I look forward to all the recommendations for improvements that will come from this year's event.? Continued investment will yield additional results in future years.??

Enjoy your summer as we all plan for Field Day 2025!

73,? N1RGK?

Ken?

Re: PRELIMINARY FD RESULTS

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Mark,

Thanks for all of your efforts to organize, set up and operate. The weather was tough and caused some antenna issues. But, we can say we did it. The club worked together to work around problems and stay on the air.?

I enjoyed getting to spend time with other club members.?

Let’s hope for better weather next year!

Randy K5ZD

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On Jun 25, 2024, at 12:02?PM, Mark Hofstra KW1X <kw1x.mark@...> wrote:

?First of all, thanks to everyone who operated/participated in this years field day!? I've gone through the preliminary scoring and this is what I've come up with.? Bear in mind this is just the operating totals minus any future bonus points:

CW - 925 for 1850 points
DIG - 315 for 630 points
SSB - 169 for 169 points
6 M - 42 for 84 points
TOTAL - 5466 points

Just for comparison here are last years points:

CW - 1010 for 2020 points
DIG - 289 for 578 points
SSB - 348 for 348 points
TOTAL - 5892 points

I believe this years totals are lower for a couple of reasons.? Weather was a factor for about three to four hours where we couldn't operate.? 10 and 6 meters were virtually non-existent.? Tuning for SSB in a couple of bands was tough due to the tri-bander not giving the best SWR after the downpours and the doublet not being able to be tuned for the voice portions of a couple of bands.? I tried to use an auto tuner for the doublet, maybe a manual wide range tuner would be better.

I don't have the totals for the GOTA station yet.? Considering all the down time I think that if we could have operated the entire 24 hours then we would have been on pace to tie or do better than last year.? All in all it was a learning experience for me and I hope everyone had a good time.?

Re: PRELIMINARY FD RESULTS

#162

Mark,

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I'll have the GOTA results ready by tomorrow. If I'm correct, we had 75 contacts on the GOTA using 20m & 40m. We also had one guest make over 20 contacts which should count towards some points. We also worked off of battery power for part of the operation.

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73

Mickey

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On 06/25/2024 12:02 PM EDT Mark Hofstra KW1X <kw1x.mark@...> wrote:

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First of all, thanks to everyone who operated/participated in this years field day!? I've gone through the preliminary scoring and this is what I've come up with.? Bear in mind this is just the operating totals minus any future bonus points:

CW - 925 for 1850 points
DIG - 315 for 630 points
SSB - 169 for 169 points
6 M - 42 for 84 points
TOTAL - 5466 points

Just for comparison here are last years points:

CW - 1010 for 2020 points
DIG - 289 for 578 points
SSB - 348 for 348 points
TOTAL - 5892 points

I believe this years totals are lower for a couple of reasons.? Weather was a factor for about three to four hours where we couldn't operate.? 10 and 6 meters were virtually non-existent.? Tuning for SSB in a couple of bands was tough due to the tri-bander not giving the best SWR after the downpours and the doublet not being able to be tuned for the voice portions of a couple of bands.? I tried to use an auto tuner for the doublet, maybe a manual wide range tuner would be better.

I don't have the totals for the GOTA station yet.? Considering all the down time I think that if we could have operated the entire 24 hours then we would have been on pace to tie or do better than last year.? All in all it was a learning experience for me and I hope everyone had a good time.?

Re: PRELIMINARY FD RESULTS

#161

Mark,

great scores especially since it was some awful weather.?

How did Newport do?

Great job on another productive field day!

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On Tue, Jun 25, 2024, 12:35 Lee Smith via <k1lrs.ri=[email protected]> wrote:

My daughter Rebecca made about 30 contacts at the goto.? She started @ 1100.

On Tue, Jun 25, 2024, 12:27 Judson Mitsock via <judson=[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Mark,
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Awesome score! ?
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I have finished the photos and updating the website. I am turning my attention to the scorekeeping.? Please send ADIFs at your earliest convenience.
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I will gather proofs and review all of the scoring before submitting.
?
Great job!? I think we all had a blast!
?
73,
Judson
W1JMZ
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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Mark Hofstra KW1X
Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2024 12:02 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [W1DDD] PRELIMINARY FD RESULTS
?
First of all, thanks to everyone who operated/participated in this years field day!? I've gone through the preliminary scoring and this is what I've come up with.? Bear in mind this is just the operating totals minus any future bonus points:

CW - 925 for 1850 points
DIG - 315 for 630 points
SSB - 169 for 169 points
6 M - 42 for 84 points
TOTAL - 5466 points

Just for comparison here are last years points:

CW - 1010 for 2020 points
DIG - 289 for 578 points
SSB - 348 for 348 points
TOTAL - 5892 points

I believe this years totals are lower for a couple of reasons.? Weather was a factor for about three to four hours where we couldn't operate.? 10 and 6 meters were virtually non-existent.? Tuning for SSB in a couple of bands was tough due to the tri-bander not giving the best SWR after the downpours and the doublet not being able to be tuned for the voice portions of a couple of bands.? I tried to use an auto tuner for the doublet, maybe a manual wide range tuner would be better.

I don't have the totals for the GOTA station yet.? Considering all the down time I think that if we could have operated the entire 24 hours then we would have been on pace to tie or do better than last year.? All in all it was a learning experience for me and I hope everyone had a good time.?

Re: PRELIMINARY FD RESULTS

#160

My daughter Rebecca made about 30 contacts at the goto.? She started @ 1100.

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On Tue, Jun 25, 2024, 12:27 Judson Mitsock via <judson=[email protected]> wrote:

Hi Mark,
?
Awesome score! ?
?
I have finished the photos and updating the website. I am turning my attention to the scorekeeping.? Please send ADIFs at your earliest convenience.
?
I will gather proofs and review all of the scoring before submitting.
?
Great job!? I think we all had a blast!
?
73,
Judson
W1JMZ
?
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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Mark Hofstra KW1X
Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2024 12:02 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [W1DDD] PRELIMINARY FD RESULTS
?
First of all, thanks to everyone who operated/participated in this years field day!? I've gone through the preliminary scoring and this is what I've come up with.? Bear in mind this is just the operating totals minus any future bonus points:

CW - 925 for 1850 points
DIG - 315 for 630 points
SSB - 169 for 169 points
6 M - 42 for 84 points
TOTAL - 5466 points

Just for comparison here are last years points:

CW - 1010 for 2020 points
DIG - 289 for 578 points
SSB - 348 for 348 points
TOTAL - 5892 points

I believe this years totals are lower for a couple of reasons.? Weather was a factor for about three to four hours where we couldn't operate.? 10 and 6 meters were virtually non-existent.? Tuning for SSB in a couple of bands was tough due to the tri-bander not giving the best SWR after the downpours and the doublet not being able to be tuned for the voice portions of a couple of bands.? I tried to use an auto tuner for the doublet, maybe a manual wide range tuner would be better.

I don't have the totals for the GOTA station yet.? Considering all the down time I think that if we could have operated the entire 24 hours then we would have been on pace to tie or do better than last year.? All in all it was a learning experience for me and I hope everyone had a good time.?

Re: PRELIMINARY FD RESULTS

#159

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Hi Mark,

?

Awesome score! ?

?

I have finished the photos and updating the website. I am turning my attention to the scorekeeping.? Please send ADIFs at your earliest convenience.

?

I will gather proofs and review all of the scoring before submitting.

?

Great job!? I think we all had a blast!

?

73,

Judson

W1JMZ

?

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Mark Hofstra KW1X
Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2024 12:02 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [W1DDD] PRELIMINARY FD RESULTS

?

First of all, thanks to everyone who operated/participated in this years field day!? I've gone through the preliminary scoring and this is what I've come up with.? Bear in mind this is just the operating totals minus any future bonus points:

CW - 925 for 1850 points
DIG - 315 for 630 points
SSB - 169 for 169 points
6 M - 42 for 84 points
TOTAL - 5466 points

Just for comparison here are last years points:

CW - 1010 for 2020 points
DIG - 289 for 578 points
SSB - 348 for 348 points
TOTAL - 5892 points

I believe this years totals are lower for a couple of reasons.? Weather was a factor for about three to four hours where we couldn't operate.? 10 and 6 meters were virtually non-existent.? Tuning for SSB in a couple of bands was tough due to the tri-bander not giving the best SWR after the downpours and the doublet not being able to be tuned for the voice portions of a couple of bands.? I tried to use an auto tuner for the doublet, maybe a manual wide range tuner would be better.

I don't have the totals for the GOTA station yet.? Considering all the down time I think that if we could have operated the entire 24 hours then we would have been on pace to tie or do better than last year.? All in all it was a learning experience for me and I hope everyone had a good time.?

PRELIMINARY FD RESULTS

#158

First of all, thanks to everyone who operated/participated in this years field day!? I've gone through the preliminary scoring and this is what I've come up with.? Bear in mind this is just the operating totals minus any future bonus points:

CW - 925 for 1850 points
DIG - 315 for 630 points
SSB - 169 for 169 points
6 M - 42 for 84 points
TOTAL - 5466 points

Just for comparison here are last years points:

CW - 1010 for 2020 points
DIG - 289 for 578 points
SSB - 348 for 348 points
TOTAL - 5892 points

I believe this years totals are lower for a couple of reasons.? Weather was a factor for about three to four hours where we couldn't operate.? 10 and 6 meters were virtually non-existent.? Tuning for SSB in a couple of bands was tough due to the tri-bander not giving the best SWR after the downpours and the doublet not being able to be tuned for the voice portions of a couple of bands.? I tried to use an auto tuner for the doublet, maybe a manual wide range tuner would be better.

I don't have the totals for the GOTA station yet.? Considering all the down time I think that if we could have operated the entire 24 hours then we would have been on pace to tie or do better than last year.? All in all it was a learning experience for me and I hope everyone had a good time.?

Equipment For Sale

#157
Edited

I'm slowly starting to cleannout the shack, been listing stuff on qrz.com. I figured I would share some here if any club member is interested contact me. I am listing reduced prices for some items because local pickup in area, some items aren't cost feasable to ship. Pictures on request. 73 Matt NA1Q

Usdx Transceiver 160-6m AM//SSB/CW 5 watt QRP transceiver in Blue Aluminum Anodized case with SO-239 Antenna Jack, Internal battery pack with charger, internal microphone and speaker. Asking $140 shipped on QRZ. $130 for club member picking up or meet to exchange..

Astron VS-35M variable power supply. Dual meter, 1 to 16 VDC variable voltage and 0.5 to 35 amp variable amperage. Dual meters, 110VAC input. Works great, selling $150.00

Astron RS-3A 3A 12VDC power supply. $40

Yaesu FT-817ND with aluminum side rails. Internal battery pack, AA Battery tray, DC power cable, charger, mic, hand strap, box manual, 2 piece rubber duck antenna with both short and long tips. $550

Radiishack HTX-202 and Realistic HTX-404 5 watt handheld radio pair. 2m HTX-202 has telescopic antenna for 1/4 to half wave. HTX 404 70cm has orugibal rubber duck antenna. Both radios have had battery packs replaced 12/2023 with BP-8 8.4v NiMH batteries and internal Memory Batteries on both tadios replaced at the same time. $280 for the pair $300 shipped

Connect Systems CS-800D 2m 70cm Dual Band FM DMR Mobile Radio with BFD display ( display was never hooked up). Mounting bracket for mobile radio, programming cable, remote head mounting bracket. Mic, power cable, N to SO-239 adapter with single antenna output, original boxes. $350.?

Leixen VV-898 10W FM 2m 70cm dual band mobile radio. Programming cable, mic, power cable with power poles and cigarette lighter plug. No mounting bracket. Rig draws 3a on transmit. Single SO-239 antenna jack. $60
(Had listed as Wouxong, my mistake)

Quansheng UV-K6 dual band HT. Has rubber duck antenna, box, charger, user manual, uses Baofeng programming cable.this radio is neat,covers 18 to 450 Mhz receive AM, SSB, FM and has a built in spectrum scope. Transmit 2m and 70cm bands. $30.00

4 State QRP Group 80m-10m Antenna Tuner. Built from their kit, works, FWD/REV Power LEDs to tune.? 10w max power input. BNC and Post Connections for Antenna $45.00

Heathkit HW-101. Bought at Nearfest for $50.00 a few years ago on a whim, no power supply, all tubes inside, no mic and unknown function. Make an offer

Re: N5L QSL card

#156

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Patty,

Very cool card. ?Congratulations on the QSO.

MK

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On Jun 24, 2024, at 4:58 PM, Patty Vilnit via <w1aut@...> wrote:

That is cool when they have nice double sided cards. ?This is one I just received from the Austral Islands that is double sided. ?Thanks for sharing Matt!
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On Jun 24, 2024, at 5:51?AM, Michael Kenney via <mpkarch@...> wrote:

?Matt

Very cool indeed!

MK

On Jun 23, 2024, at 11:01?PM, Matthew Penttila NA1Q via <mcpenttila@...> wrote:

?Now this is a really cool QSL card. At first glance just a regualr printed QSL card. But this is actually a double sized double sided QSL card.?

73 Matt NA1Q?

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Re: N5L QSL card

#155

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That is cool when they have nice double sided cards. ?This is one I just received from the Austral Islands that is double sided. ?Thanks for sharing Matt!

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On Jun 24, 2024, at 5:51?AM, Michael Kenney via groups.io <mpkarch@...> wrote:

?Matt

Very cool indeed!

MK

On Jun 23, 2024, at 11:01?PM, Matthew Penttila NA1Q via groups.io <mcpenttila@...> wrote:

?Now this is a really cool QSL card. At first glance just a regualr printed QSL card. But this is actually a double sized double sided QSL card.?

73 Matt NA1Q?

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Re: N5L QSL card

#154

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Matt

Very cool indeed!

MK

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On Jun 23, 2024, at 11:01?PM, Matthew Penttila NA1Q via groups.io <mcpenttila@...> wrote:

?Now this is a really cool QSL card. At first glance just a regualr printed QSL card. But this is actually a double sized double sided QSL card.?

73 Matt NA1Q?

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N5L QSL card

#153

Now this is a really cool QSL card. At first glance just a regualr printed QSL card. But this is actually a double sized double sided QSL card.?

73 Matt NA1Q?

FIELD DAY SETUP

#152

Thanks to everyone who showed up today for the FD setup. We got rained out at around 4:00 so we will be resuming setup tomorrow morning between 8-9:00. Looks like rain again starting at around 2:00.?

Re: We're in the Valley Breeze again

#151

Also in Valley Breeze's online version:

I made no plans to be part of things, but I see my weekend opening up.? I just might stop by Chopmist.

73 - Mike -K1VI?

On Thu, Jun 20, 2024 at 3:55?PM Matthew Penttila NA1Q via <mcpenttila=[email protected]> wrote:

We're in the Valley Breeze again this week. Page 24 June 20-26th 2024 edition. I have a spare copy I'll bring tomorrow to the Field Day site. Note also W1AQ is listed in an Article underneath us about their Field Day Operations also.

73 Matt NA1Q

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Thanks,?from?Mike,?
,?,

Picture of articles in Valley Breeze 6/20/2024

#150

Re: We're in the Valley Breeze again

#149

We're in the Valley Breeze again this week. Page 24 June 20-26th 2024 edition. I have a spare copy I'll bring tomorrow to the Field Day site. Note also W1AQ is listed in an Article underneath us about their Field Day Operations also.

73 Matt NA1Q