The beverage was courtesy of DAVE K5GN. Sent from my iPad
> On Jun 21, 2019, at 10:38 PM, Mike Hardwick <n5...@att.net> wrote: > > Well so far the set-up has gone well with only a few hiccups. Most of the > antennas have been installed in their respective locations. Final > installation of the digital antennas and tweaking of the CW and SSB antennas > will be done Saturday morning. I have attached a picture of how the antennas > looked just before I left for the evening. It is a really great picture > seeing the antennas in the air with a sun set as a back drop. > > Thanks to Bill Cordell, the CW room is just right on the temperature – really > cold! I don’t think there will be any complaints about the conditions in the > CW room this year other than – “ can someone turn up the thermostat, Its > freezing in here!”. The SSB room will also have supplement air conditioning > as well so this year should be the coolest operators yet (really bad, isn’t > it)! > > The GOTA station antenna is up as well as a beverage antenna. I did not found > out who put up the beverage antenna but it is a really big one. I will have > to find out and let everyone know tomorrow. > > Last but not least, the culinary expertise of Daphne, Kelli and Anita were > brought together Friday night. They had custom made sandwiches with chips and > a choice of lemon pound cake or chocolate cookies. With personal service they > have brought the meal service up several notches. The culinary team will be > making home made breakfast tacos in the morning. They will be served in the > “CW Bistro” from 8am to 10 am. The team will then have lunch from noon to 2 > pm also being served in the CW Bistro. Then don’t forget Saturday night’s > dinner from 5 pm to 7 pm. With BBQ brisket and sausage from Rudy’s, the > evening meal will make sure no one goes home hungry. > > Hope to see everyone at Duhascek Park on Saturday. > > Mike > N5VCX > > > > > > From: Mike Hardwick <n5...@att.net> > Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2019 8:07 PM > To: 'bvarc@bvarc.org' (bvarc@bvarc.org) <bvarc@bvarc.org>; Jimmy Vance > <jimmy.va...@gmail.com> (jimmy.va...@gmail.com) <jimmy.va...@gmail.com>; Doug > SEYLER (djsey...@comcast.net) <djsey...@comcast.net>; Marty Blaise, AG5T > (theblaisep...@yahoo.com) <theblaisep...@yahoo.com>; Marty Blaise, AG5T > (theblaisep...@yahoo.com) <theblaisep...@yahoo.com>; 'tdxs-l...@tdxs.net' > (tdxs-l...@tdxs.net) <tdxs-l...@tdxs.net> > Cc: John Robert Stratton (jrstrat...@strattonlawfirm.com) > <jrstrat...@strattonlawfirm.com>; ke...@wt.net; 'Dr. David Woolweaver' > <drwoolwea...@yahoo.com>; Lee Cooper (w5lh...@gmail.com) <w5lh...@gmail.com>; > 'Rick Broussard' <n5...@brsrd.com>; n5...@swbell.net; > kyle.a.bre...@gmail.com; 'NARS Officers' <offic...@w5nc.net> > Subject: 2019 Quad Club Mega Field Day Event - Update #1 > > As President of Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club and host for the 2019 Quad > Club Mega Field Day (maybe QCFDC?), I want to welcome all club members and > their families and friends out to this weekend’s event. This year’s event is > a culmination of hard work by many club members to help promote amateur radio > and support club functions. Their hard work helps keep the hobby going and > provides a learning platform for new and old hams alike. > > This year’s event will have BVARC, TDXS, ECHO and KARS as the participating > clubs. The event will be held again at the Duhacsek Park Community Center, > 17034 Old Richmond Road in Sugar Land. With over 60 acres of land, it is a > great place to hold Field Day for the four clubs. It took over 4 years of > coordinating to get permission to use the park for Field Day so if you see a > event organizer, tell them thanks. > > If you need information on how to get to the Field Day site, this web site > should help. > https://www.sugarlandtx.gov/Facilities/Facility/Details/Duhacsek-Park-Community-Center-45 > > Attached is an information sheet on the event that should answer most > questions about the Mega Field Day event. The information sheet has info from > the event schedule to who is in charge of what to what equipment is being > brought out to the food menu and schedule. The info sheet is as complete as I > could make it on a single page since there are so many people helping with > the event. If the info sheet doesn’t have what you are looking for, check > with the club representatives or the event on-site mangers. > > During the event make sure you check-out Rick Hiller’s walking tour (bring > your sun screen!) of the antenna arrays that support the 10 stations > operating during the event. Also don’t forget to go by the GOTA station > set-up in the Fort Bend County Emergency Management Division communications > trailer and operated by Dave Scott. With event operations on 4 CW stations, > 4 SSB stations, 2 digital stations as well as GOTA station everyone should > have a great time. Also keep a lookout for the satellite and solar power > stations that Travis Burgess will be operating sometime Saturday! > > I will be sending out e-mail and Facebook updates through-out the event on > scores, contacts made by who and when dinner is served. So keeping checking > your e-mail and Facebook on what is happening during the event. > > > Below is the last e-mail sent out by Allen Brier in regards to operating for > Field Day. We need your help so if you have time, sign up for a slot or two > and come on and have a great time. > > “Don’t forget that Field Day in Duhacsek Park in Sugarland is this weekend! > If you have been procrastinating on your operating slot selection, now is the > time to do it. > There are plenty of open slots in the operating schedule for you. CW, Phone, > Digital, please help eliminate the white spaces! > Also, there are several volunteers available to help budding contest > operators, just look at the bottom. The link is below: > > https://bit.ly/2WdxagP > > Please…we need more operators! Some of you have never come out for Field > Day…WE NEED YOU!” > > Allen R. Brier N5XZ > > > Last but not least I want to let everyone know that there will be awards > given for this year’s the top scorers in CW and SSB. > The awards will be presented during the BVARC annual Ice Cream Social in > August. So come on out and rack up some points for you and your club! > > I will ask other club members to repost this e-mail to other clubs so the > event will get coverage in the greater Houston area. > > So come on out to enjoy a great ham radio event by putting your license to a > great use! > > > 73, > > Mike Hardwick, N5VCX > President > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > 713-826-6917 > > <IMG_7126.JPG>
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