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ARES(R) NF4AC FIELD DAY
June 26,27
June 26,27
Our best Field Day Ever! Over 500 contacts!
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Awesome Gainesville Sun Coverage!
Great article by Emily Mavrakis with great photos. Kudos to David Huckstep and Craig Fugate and Jim Bledsoe for this media success.
Great article by Emily Mavrakis with great photos. Kudos to David Huckstep and Craig Fugate and Jim Bledsoe for this media success.
OPERATIONS (Brett) got us started with a briefing at 0830
Learning new antenna skills
Earl's microwave network was a marvel in operation!
(2.4 GHz Yagi pictured)
Serving hot lunch suitable for a sit-down restaurant....in a grass field? No problem for Emily!!
You had to be there to believe the incredible gourmet lunch that Emily served us ALL!
Emily had no shortage of satisfied customers!
AND THEN THE DELUGE HIT
It rained SO HARD that we had 1-2" of standing water! 30mph gusts took down tents and if Amy hadn't saved the RV awning, that recently rebuilt awning would have been ripped off.
Ron Lewis our Satellite Hero teaching his craft!!
Amy Teaching FT8!!
Dean Covey getting SOLAR contacts
A Famous FEMA fellow hauling in tons of 6 meters!
The real 6 meter champ at work!! Go, Hoyt!!
Mike & Wisper at work
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TENTATIVE NF4AC OPERATOR SCHEDULE
| TIME Rough ideas of bands | EOC Inside Station #1 (Badge req'd) | Outside Station #2(No badge req'd) | Backup/ 6m / 2m QSO / Winlink | PIO/GOTA Go-Box Demo Station |
| SETUP 8AM-10AM | EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO JOIN IN! | |||
| Formal Courses 10 AM | Live Radio Training OPERATIONS | |||
| Formal Courses 11 AM | SOLAR POWER BASICS Gibby / Certificate Solar Power Module | 6m INTRO TBD | GO BOX TRAINING TBD | |
| LUNCH @ SONNYS Noon | EVERYONE IS WELCOME! | |||
| Last Minute Tests Dimension 4 1 PM-2PM | ||||
| Sat 2-4 (great 10M) | Gibby KX4Z** Susan H. possible room for more! | Palm K1CE Tillery K9RFT MacKenzie KK4MAC Hasselback WB2FKO | Susan KG4VWI Leland AA3YB | Jeff W4UFL |
| Sat 4-6 - Still HOT high bands-- moving toward 20M 6m may begin to crank up! | Gibby KX4Z** Susan H possible room for more!! Huckstep W4JIR | Tillery K9RFT Dean Covey KV4RL Brett Wallace NK2KW Amy Woods* KO4IDO | Susan KG4VWI Leland AA3YB Expect 6m to open! | Jeff W4UFL |
| Sat 6-8 PM Every band imaginable open Expect some 6 m! | Huckstep W4JIR Earl Sloan KI4OXD | Mike Ridlon K4MVR Amy Woods* KO4IDO possibly Rosemary KI4QBZ | Susan KG4VWI Leland AA3YB Rosemary KI4QBZ | |
| Sat 8-10 PM Dark 80/4/20 20 may be open to West Coast past 10 PM!! | Sloan KI4OXD Huckstep W4JIR room for more! | Fugate KK4INZ Ridlon K4MVR Lorilyn Roberts KO4LBS | Leland AA3YB | |
| Sat 10-MN 160 / 80 / 40 20 to West Coast | Huckstep W4JIR | Fugate KK4INZ room for more! Ridlon K4MVR | Leland AA3YB | |
| Sun MN - 2AM 160/80/40 | Gibby KX4Z | WIDE OPEN | Leland AA3YB | |
| Sun 2-4 AM 160/80/40 | WIDE OPEN | WIDE OPEN | Leland AA3YB | |
| Sun 4-6 AM You'll hear Europe on 40 | WIDE OPEN Possibly: Gibby | WIDE OPEN | Leland AA3YB | |
| Sun 6- 8 AM Grayline DX! No telling! | WIDE OPEN! Possibly: Gibby | Gibby KX4Z | Leland AA3YB | |
| Sun 8-10 AM Higher bands heat up but 80/40 still working | Sloan KI4OXD room for more! | Huckstep W4JIR | Leland AA3YB | |
| Sun 10-12 Noon Watch for 20 / 15 /10 openings | Wright KN4TWS room for more! | Bob Guertin W1GLV Sloan KI4OXD | Leland AA3YB | Jeff W4UFL |
| TEARDOWN Noon - 1 PM | EVERYONE IS WELCOME!! | |||
* = Specifically requesting mentoring
Leland Gallup: able to fill in anywhere
** Will move into the overnight hours as the daylight hours get filled up by other volunteersGordon Gibby: available as long as I get some SLEEP
Leland Gallup: able to fill in anywhere
** Will move into the overnight hours as the daylight hours get filled up by other volunteersGordon Gibby: available as long as I get some SLEEP