I will be there again with my connector kit doing what I can to help Jimmy and Bill.
I will also have my Verizon modem if needed for internet access. WW5PA On Sat, Jun 8, 2019 at 6:34 PM Jimmy Vance via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > Actually Dave Scott is handling the GOTA station activities. I focus on > helping Bill with the Antennas and Glenn with the computer networking as > well as other aspects of setup > > > Lee Cooper our ARRL Vice Director will be stopping by > > --jv > W5ZTX > [email protected] > > > On 6/8/2019 5:50 PM, NIzar Mullani wrote: > > Two weeks till our Mega Field Day. Here is an update on the GOTA station > and Bonus Points manager, plus, a list of people who have taken on the > responsibilities for different aspects of the FD activities. > > *GOTA* > > GOTA station is going to be operated by the KARS club members using the > call sign KT5TX. Jimmy Vance is in charge of this station. I believe the > GOTA station is going to be located in the comfort of the Emergency > Communication RV. Everyone is welcome to help operate this station. If you > are interested in helping, please contact Jimmy at his e-mail address > above. There are bonus points if a non-ham person operates the rig and > makes 20 contacts. If you know of people who want to learn or experience > the feeling of operating a radio, please invite them. If you know Boy > Scouts leaders, please let them know this is a good time for the scouts to > learn about radios. > > *BONUS POINTS* > > Our Bonus Points Manager is Doug Seyler from TDXS. He is lining up > different activities we can do to earn bonus points. These bonus points are > important since we can earn up to 1000 points (equal to 500 CW QSOs). We > may need to appoint someone as the Safety manager, if Doug has not done > this already. I understand that Doug has invited the Sheriff as our elected > official to come and visit the facility. This is a good time to meet and > greet him. Can’t guarantee that it will help erase your ticket if you have > one. > > *ANTENNAS* > > Bill Cordell is going to be The Man. He is brining two man-lifts and all > our antennas. Mike Hardwick is bringing his trailer tower for SSB antennas. > We will have three towers and LOTS of coax to string up. Bill is going to > need a team of people to help with the erection of antennas and laying down > coax cables. Please volunteer to help with this project. The antenna setup > will begin Friday afternoon. For newbies who want to learn about antennas, > this is a great time to learn from the experts. We will also need help with > the coax routing of the rigs, the filters and triplexers in the operating > areas. > > *RIGS and COMPUTERS * > > Glenn Anderson is the person who will be brining 10+ computers installed > with N1MM and networked to work together. He usually needs help in setting > up the computers and the rigs. There will be 11 K3 rigs, which will need to > be setup for operation in CW, SSB and FT8 modes. Allen N5XZ is in charge of > these rigs. But, he will need a lot of help also. So, please volunteer. > > *OPERATING SIGN-UP SHEET* > > Allen and Jeff have created a sign-up sheet for the operation of CW, SSB, > Digital and GOTA stations. This year, we have added a Mentor and > Want-to-Learn categories in the sign-up sheet. Several operators have > agreed to help people who want to learn about becoming better operators. > This is a great program. I can attest to it. I used to tag along with the > good operators to learn from them and it helped me a lot. Whether you are a > newbie or a seasoned ham, please take advantage of this opportunity by > signing up. Send Allen an e-mail if you want him to send you the sign-up > sheet. > > *FOOD * > > Mike Hardwick is coordinating this effort. As we get closer to FD, he will > let us know the menu, serving the food and cleanup. Feel free to donate > some money to Mike for the food. If you have any food allergies or > preference, please bring your own food. Allen swears by the five hour > energy drinks during operation of FD. I am not sure how well they work > since I have a picture of him calling CQ while asleep during FD. Of course, > this was in the middle of the night when the band was dead and you can call > CQ endlessly without a contact. A good time to take a power nap. > > *TEARDOWN and CLEANUP* > > Teardown usually goes faster than putting things up. Please help in any of > the above areas. Antennas will need to disassembled and stowed, coax will > need to wound up on spools, rigs and computers will need to be packed up > and stowed. Cleanup is critical. We need to put the house and the grounds > back in the condition we found it in if we are to have access to his great > venue. Please make it a point to help with this part of FD. > > *FINAL COMMENTS* > > FD is a great time for us all to get together and get to know each other > better. It is also a great time to invite people you know to come and see > what we ‘Hams’ do as a hobby. We set up a major communication station > overnight to operate in emergencies. When power goes off and cell towers > get inundated with traffic, we can usually get the messages out using our > radios. FD helps us to practice so we know what to do if we are needed in > an emergency. More importantly, we enjoy doing this. So, come have fun. > > Nizar K0NM, on behalf of the Mega FD group. > > > _______________________________________________ > BVARC mailing list > Radio,Radio,Radio We are a radio Club! > Talk it up! On the air about every event, every meeting, every net, every > time, talk about the club, ham fests, events and people. > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Message delivered to [email protected] > -- Paul Easter CPBE WW5PA Technical Director Houston Christian Broadcasters/KHCB networks www.khcb.org 2424 South Blvd. Houston, TX 77098 (713) 520-5200
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