Like Scott, I had the over night shift. I started at the beginning and finished around 4:30 AM- 5:00AM, when Nizar came to rescue me! I went home and slept for a couple of hours, then went to Church. I returned about 1/2 hour before the end with my wife (KD8CMB) and tried to get her to work a little SSB. Alas, no luck, but she did sign in!!
I did not do much of the take down, except move some tables and chairs, as my grandson decided to be born on June 25th, and he takes priority! We had his 7th birthday party at our place. Can you imagine a house full of kids, right after field day, and having only a couple hours of sleep!! I agree wholeheartedly with Nizar’s and Curt’s comments. I am somewhat dumbfounded at the lack of participation from the TDXS, as I believe there were approximately 6 of us in attendance, although I could be wrong on that number and just missed folks who came out on Sunday morning. 73 de Jim - KE8G On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 12:21 PM Scott Royall via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > Happy that you enjoyed it. My experience was a bit different since I had > the overnight shift, but I second your action items. > > -----Original Message----- > From: BVARC <[email protected]> On Behalf Of NIzar Mullani via BVARC > Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2018 11:13 > To: 'Curt Fletcher' <[email protected]>; 'Allen R. Brier' < > [email protected]> > Cc: NIzar Mullani <[email protected]>; [email protected]; 'BRAZOS VALLEY > AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' <[email protected]> > Sub: Re: [BVARC] FD thoughts > > Overall evaluation of the QUAD club FD would have to be 4+ out of 5. Great > location, great teamwork and great people. Most importantly, the bands > opened up on Sunday for a great ending. 3,000 QSOs considering that we had > high noise on 40 and 80 meters and no propagation on 15 and 10 on Saturday, > is a great score. So, thank you to ALL the organizers and the clubs for > making this very successful. > > Here are a couple of suggestions to make it even better for next year. > 1. Trace the noise generator prior to FD so we can reduce it. S9 noise on > 80 meters made it almost useless. We could not hear most of the signals. > 2. Locate the antennas so as to minimize interference between SSB, CW and > Digital modes antennas. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Curt Fletcher [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, June 25, 2018 7:20 AM > To: Nizar Mullani; Allen R. Brier > Subject: FD thoughts > > A few random thoughts on FD. For a few years I thought TDXS should break > away and do our own FD, I’m wrong. There isn’t enough TDXS members > participating to put up a tent, throw a rock over a tree with a long wire > on the end. The BVARC and Katy guys really did a great job with just about > everything hardware related. The current arrangement is perfect for all > concerned, Glen and Allen organizing computers and radios, BVARC guys > towers and antennas, Katy guys organizing, labor and sweat. > New location is far superior to the fire stations. Obviously figuring out > the noise issue prior to FD would be nice. > Curt > > > Sent from my iPad > > > _______________________________________________ > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Message delivered to [email protected] > > > _______________________________________________ > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Message delivered to [email protected] >
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