I will be there for ssb and to spend a specified amount of time on the GOTA station.
I will not be able to attend the May 5 meetings. I will be recovering from surgery on the fourth. JP KG3JPP JP Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 29, 2017, at 11:53 AM, Scott Medbury via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > > We have a Field Day Meeting scheduled for MAY 6th following the board meeting > at Bay Land Park on Bissonnet. > > All are welcome. > > 73 ... Scott KD5FBA > > > > Scott Medbury > 16802 Aprilmont Drive > Sugar Land, TX 77498-1941 > [email protected] > > From: BVARC [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jeffery MacMillian > via BVARC > Sent: Friday, April 28, 2017 11:45 PM > To: Allen Brier N5XZ > Cc: Jeffery MacMillian; [email protected]; K5WA; Paul Frantz; Jehle, A. E > Buzz N5UR; Dennis Alexander; Chuck Dietz; [email protected]; Bill Eckenrode; > Jim Blanca; [email protected]; Kim Carr; [email protected]; > [email protected]; Harold Fitzgerald; Tom Ashworth; [email protected]; > Robie Elms; BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB; Glenn Anderson; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [BVARC] Field Day coming up - I need operators for CW, SSB and > RTTY! > > Allen, > > I understand that we are going to have some great stations setup this year. > New antennas with great rigs and a resolve for being a real contender. Whats > usually one of the best field day teams on the air could easily be looking at > putting up a solid score that will get noticed by all. Filed day is a great > event and a few good Hams could make all the difference. > > Last year our setup was amazing and the team was outstanding. I got to > operate on rigs that I can only drool over in the magazines .I wouldn't want > to be someone that missed out of being part of a winning team. The N1MM > loggers should be rolling in the contacts again this year and for me there is > nothing like being in the middle of all the action. > > I love being a HAM and all the excitement of filed day. Once the antennas are > high and we are all watching the clock for that magic hour for GO time. Even > working through the night with the coffee flowing and keeping an eye of the > scores just piling up. > > As Hams we should all love getting out of our shack and hanging out with the > club on our special day. I am hoping over the next few weeks we can get some > commitments to come and join in on all the fun. > > New Hams, experienced Hams, even non hams should take some time to come out > and join in the fun. My daughter had a blast running the GOTA station last > year. We will have CW, SSB, and digital stations all working. I am hoping we > have some people chasing the Satellites. If you have never seen someone > chases a contact on bird flying through space, then that alone would bring me > out. > > Over the next few weeks we will be offering up some time slots. Some of the > great slots will go fast and they will be first come first serve. I like the > Grey line slots myself the bands seems to get interesting. I hope to see > everyone come enjoy catching some great contacts, after all it's only once a > year. > > > Have Fun, > Jeff > KG5LRP > [email protected] > 281-901-0313 > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 6:37 PM, Allen Brier N5XZ <[email protected]> wrote: > [I am resending this message in hopes that it for some reason did not get out > to you guys. Please respond one way or the other, we really need you.] > > Hey guys, the joint TDXS/BVARC/Echo Field Day is coming up at the end of > June. Jeff, Glenn and I are looking for top operators to propel us back in to > the top ten. I am in charge of CW, Jeff is in charge of SSB and Glenn, RTTY. > If you don’t already have other plans for FD, we could really use your help. > So I am calling upon my TDXS Brethren contest experience to not only put a > lot of Q’s in the log, but to also act as mentors to the less experienced > hams who will be there also. > > FD is the last weekend in June and will be held again at the Pecan Grove > Volunteer Fire Department Station, 727 Pitts Road, Richmond, Texas. This year > will be again have two manlifts and a hydraulically extendable antenna mast > on a remote trailer, two brand new tribanders to go along with the other two > we already have, two 40 meter beams (one new), two brand new 80 meter > inverted vees, great food, and I am aiming for an all K3 station. So far I > have at least 5 K3’s committed and I am working on more. So if you would like > to be part of a winning team, and get TDXS back up with the top ten scores, > come join us! > > Please let me know if you can make it and if you think I have missed any > other available great contest operators, let me know. I will be making an > operating schedule a few weeks prior to FD. > > Allen R. Brier N5XZ > 1515 Windloch Lane > Richmond, Texas 77406-2553 > (281) 342-1882 (Home) > (713) 705-4801 (Cell) > > > _______________________________________________ > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Message delivered to [email protected]
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