Michael, We were trying for Thursday but the fire field has something going that will run late, so we scratched Thursday.
73 -- Roy Storey W5TKZ Chairman, 2014 Field Day Committee On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 4:03 PM, Michael Wrenn via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > Roy, > > I'm just curious why you are not utilizing rule 3.3: > > 3.3. No class A or B station may begin its set-up earlier than 0000 UTC on > the Friday (Thursday > afternoon or evening local time) preceding the Field Day period. > Cumulative set-up time shall not exceed a total of 24 hours. > > This Rule allows you setup the antennas in the cool of Thursday eve or > Friday so that you don't kill your people Saturday morning. > > Seven Three, > > Michael - K5WRN > http://www.qrz.com/db/K5WRN > > > On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 3:20 PM, Roy Storey via BVARC <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> QST...QST 18 days left. >> >> Here is the plan at this time for Field Day. >> >> Friday afternoon we will start to stage antennas, radios, feedlines >> etc. at the fire field. We will have to work around the fire fighters still >> in training on certain parts of the field. That means we can assemble beams >> away from them to be ready for Saturday morning. >> >> Our radio room (see site map attached - grid square #2), will probably >> have classes underway so we will have to wait for that to clear. After the >> classrooms are clear, we are free to move tables and start setting up our >> radios. The building and the field are locked overnight so our equipment is >> safe. We will do as much as we can till dark. >> >> At 7AM local time Saturday, we will begin to erect antennas and get the >> radio room and other sites ready for the FD activity by 1PM local. We then >> start and will continue operation until 1PM Sunday. We then will start the >> tear down and secure our equipment and the site around 4 to 5PM. >> >> Some things seldom go according to plan but, Jack Van Demark (WN5A) >> (our cook again this year), assures me that is not the case in the food >> department. >> The current plan for Saturday lunch is sandwiches from Subway. Dinner is >> still being fussed over but it looks like it's coming down to brisket and >> fajitas. >> >> Lunch will be around 12 o'clock and dinner at about 6. >> >> More bulletins as we get closer to "Gentlemen! -- Start Your Radios!" >> >> Questions? [email protected] >> >> 73 -- Roy Storey W5TKZ >> Chairman, 2014 Field Day Committee >> >> _______________________________________________ >> BVARC mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > >
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