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Doug From: Jimmy Vance [mailto:jimmy.va...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, June 08, 2019 6:35 PM To: NIzar Mullani; tdxs-l...@tdxs.net; bvarc@bvarc.org; 'n5xz'; billcord...@comcast.net; 'Glenn Anderson'; 'Doug SEYLER' Cc: 'Mike Hardwick' Subject: Re: Update on Quad Club Mega Field Day Actually Dave Scott is handling the GOTA station activities. I focus on helping Bill with the Antennas and Glenn with the computer networking as well as other aspects of setup Lee Cooper our ARRL Vice Director will be stopping by --jv W5ZTX w5...@arrl.net On 6/8/2019 5:50 PM, NIzar Mullani wrote: Two weeks till our Mega Field Day. Here is an update on the GOTA station and Bonus Points manager, plus, a list of people who have taken on the responsibilities for different aspects of the FD activities. GOTA GOTA station is going to be operated by the KARS club members using the call sign KT5TX. Jimmy Vance is in charge of this station. I believe the GOTA station is going to be located in the comfort of the Emergency Communication RV. Everyone is welcome to help operate this station. If you are interested in helping, please contact Jimmy at his e-mail address above. There are bonus points if a non-ham person operates the rig and makes 20 contacts. If you know of people who want to learn or experience the feeling of operating a radio, please invite them. If you know Boy Scouts leaders, please let them know this is a good time for the scouts to learn about radios. BONUS POINTS Our Bonus Points Manager is Doug Seyler from TDXS. He is lining up different activities we can do to earn bonus points. These bonus points are important since we can earn up to 1000 points (equal to 500 CW QSOs). We may need to appoint someone as the Safety manager, if Doug has not done this already. I understand that Doug has invited the Sheriff as our elected official to come and visit the facility. This is a good time to meet and greet him. Can't guarantee that it will help erase your ticket if you have one. ANTENNAS Bill Cordell is going to be The Man. He is brining two man-lifts and all our antennas. Mike Hardwick is bringing his trailer tower for SSB antennas. We will have three towers and LOTS of coax to string up. Bill is going to need a team of people to help with the erection of antennas and laying down coax cables. Please volunteer to help with this project. The antenna setup will begin Friday afternoon. For newbies who want to learn about antennas, this is a great time to learn from the experts. We will also need help with the coax routing of the rigs, the filters and triplexers in the operating areas. RIGS and COMPUTERS Glenn Anderson is the person who will be brining 10+ computers installed with N1MM and networked to work together. He usually needs help in setting up the computers and the rigs. There will be 11 K3 rigs, which will need to be setup for operation in CW, SSB and FT8 modes. Allen N5XZ is in charge of these rigs. But, he will need a lot of help also. So, please volunteer. OPERATING SIGN-UP SHEET Allen and Jeff have created a sign-up sheet for the operation of CW, SSB, Digital and GOTA stations. This year, we have added a Mentor and Want-to-Learn categories in the sign-up sheet. Several operators have agreed to help people who want to learn about becoming better operators. This is a great program. I can attest to it. I used to tag along with the good operators to learn from them and it helped me a lot. Whether you are a newbie or a seasoned ham, please take advantage of this opportunity by signing up. Send Allen an e-mail if you want him to send you the sign-up sheet. FOOD Mike Hardwick is coordinating this effort. As we get closer to FD, he will let us know the menu, serving the food and cleanup. Feel free to donate some money to Mike for the food. If you have any food allergies or preference, please bring your own food. Allen swears by the five hour energy drinks during operation of FD. I am not sure how well they work since I have a picture of him calling CQ while asleep during FD. Of course, this was in the middle of the night when the band was dead and you can call CQ endlessly without a contact. A good time to take a power nap. TEARDOWN and CLEANUP Teardown usually goes faster than putting things up. Please help in any of the above areas. Antennas will need to disassembled and stowed, coax will need to wound up on spools, rigs and computers will need to be packed up and stowed. Cleanup is critical. We need to put the house and the grounds back in the condition we found it in if we are to have access to his great venue. Please make it a point to help with this part of FD. FINAL COMMENTS FD is a great time for us all to get together and get to know each other better. It is also a great time to invite people you know to come and see what we 'Hams' do as a hobby. We set up a major communication station overnight to operate in emergencies. When power goes off and cell towers get inundated with traffic, we can usually get the messages out using our radios. FD helps us to practice so we know what to do if we are needed in an emergency. More importantly, we enjoy doing this. So, come have fun. Nizar K0NM, on behalf of the Mega FD group.
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