Thanks Ron. There’s nothing like an encouraging word to generate participation by newbies. As to your radio...
JP Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 26, 2018, at 11:21 PM, Allen Brier N5XZ via BVARC <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Good example of running…for teaching new operators.. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cOfAixTWDI > > > Allen R. Brier N5XZ > 1515 Windloch Lane > Richmond, Texas 77406-2553 > (281) 342-1882 (Home) > (713) 705-4801 (Cell) > > From: Jim Blanca [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2018 4:39 PM > To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <[email protected]> > Cc: Allen R. Brier <[email protected]>; Curt Fletcher > <[email protected]>; NIzar Mullani <[email protected]>; Scott Royall > <[email protected]>; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [BVARC] FD thoughts > > 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] > > > Virus-free. www.avg.com > > _______________________________________________ > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Message delivered to [email protected]
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