Scott, Thanks for your comments. We will definitely incorporate some of them in our FD. Antenna placement modeling is a great idea since we have three sets of antennas and some interference between them does happen even with bandpass filters.
Good luck with your FD. We hope to work you. Our FD call is KK5W. Nizar Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 21, 2019, at 8:58 PM, Scott Straw <[email protected]> wrote: > > Nizar, > > Thanks for this. We do many of the same things for our 3A effort in Roswell > for the North Fulton ARL. You are blessed to be able to have multiple clubs > collaborate in your effort. Our 300 member club does it all but we too have > our “specialists”. > > One important group starts their work a few months before Field Day. They > review our antenna deployment from the previous year (we always use the same > venue) and go over anecdotal data regarding station interference issues as > well as any physical changes to the site and projected changes in operating > locations. Then team reviews the EZ-NEC antenna modeling from the year > before and develops an antenna deployment plan for the coming year. We have > two 40M dipoles, am 80M dipole and a 20-15-10 three element beam for one > position with two CW stations. Our PH station and GOTA stations each use > full-size 80M loop antennas. We also have a 6M vertical antenna. Getting all > of these radiators to “play nice” has taken several years of refinement. We > learned long ago that “Just throw a wire in the air” won’t cut it when you’ve > got multiple stations on close proximity. > > Another salient point as Chuck correctly identified, is that our “Cookie” is > the MVP of the weekend. The wife of a club member (and a Ham), she and her > team handles all of the logistics of providing four meals to all who are > present - operators and visitors alike - which adds up to as many as 250 > people over the course of the event. On Saturday evening the club provides > the BBQ and members bring a covered-dish for our annual picnic dinner. This > family-oriented event will bring as many as 150 attendees out to the Field > Day site. She also, in concert with our Safety Officer, enlists available > “harmonics” and others to pull wagons loaded with coolers of water and energy > drinks to the different operating positions so that everyone stays well > hydrated. > > Finally, our North Fulton ARES group sets up a small tent at our event and > takes responsibility for collection of a majority of the bonus points - they > handle the NTS messages, publicity, capturing the ARRL FD bulletin, and many > more. We try to maximize our bonus points and one individual is assigned the > responsibility of collecting the necessary documentation. > > Successful Field Day events don’t just happen. Best of success with your 10A > effort! > > > Scott, KB4KBS > Roswell, Georgia USA > (EM74) > Sent from my iPhone6 > > On Apr 21, 2019, at 17:34, Nizar Mullani <[email protected]> wrote: > > If you have attended one of the Mega Field Days, the first thing that you see > is this massive TV screen with a real time score and stats of the number of > QSOs in different modes as the 10 simultaneous operators are making QSOs. The > second most impressive thing you see is that all the rigs and computers are > standardized. You can move from one rig to another and never have to worry > about learning how to operate a new rig. ALL the rigs are K3s thanks to > members who bring their K3 rigs to the Field Day. > > So, what about the computers? Well, we are very fortunate to have Glenn, > WB5TUF, who has managed to accumulate discontinued computers that are able to > operate N1MM and are linked to an internal network. Every year, Glenn starts > about a month before Field Day by dusting off these computers, upgrading the > software and upgrading the N1MM software. He checks the networking of these > computers so that they all work. The day before Field Day, Glenn loads up his > car with these computers and brings them to the Field Day. He installs the > computers, with the help of several volunteers, at each station. He makes > sure they are all linked to an internal network to his master computer. All > the K3s are checked to make sure they are ready to operate in their mode of > operation. > > While Glenn is setting up the computers, others are installing the cabling > and the filters to allow multiple users to share the antennas. Test QSOs are > made to ensure that all the rigs and antennas operate properly. If there is > anything that needs to be done, the people setting up the stations don’t wait > to be told or asked. Everyone know to just DO IT. > > During the 24 hours of FD operation, every contact made by the operators is > linked to Glenn’s master computer and the results displayed in real time on > the big TV screen. > > The next amazing this to watch is when FD is over. Everyone pitches in to > take down the antennas, roll up the coax, unhook the computers and rigs, pack > up the computers, clean the rooms and the kitchen, take out the trash and > within four hours, leave the site as if FD never happened. > > Come and be part of this Mega Field Day event. There are not many Field Day > entries with 10 or more rigs in the country. It is definitely a unique > experience. > > Nizar K0NM > _________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe or modify your subscription options, please visit: > https://lists.tdxs.net/mailman/options/tdxs-list/kb4kbs%40gmail.com
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