Hi Dave, Is it going to be warm there? Today I have to start a fire because it is getting too cold to type. Ft. Tuthill sounds like fun. I have been to Flagstaff a few times. Once for the observatory and another time just to go camping. When I lived in Albuquerque Flagstaff was the place to go when it got hot. The smell of pine was very nice. Here in Oregon, well on the coast side anyway, we do not have pines. Just fir and cedar which smell quite different. The lodgepole pine don't begin until east of the Cascades.
Have fun and remember there is a nice observatory nearby. Percival Lowell created the Flagstaff Observatory because of the very transparent skies in the area. Even though Pluto is no longer considered a planet :( Clyde Tombaugh used the Flagstaff Observatory's Clarke refractor to find it. http://www.bobspixels.com/kaibab.org/other/gc_oa_lo.htm The pine trees around the campground allow one to toss an antenna up with no problem. I used a home brew dipole from there with my K2. The batteries were recharged each day with the ever present, intense SW sunshine. I wish solar cells worked as well here! Don't forget your sunblock and a LOT of water. Enjoy the mountain air and be aware of the fire danger in the Southwest. 73, Kevin. KD5ONS On Tue, 26 Jul 2011 07:50:23 -0700, David Yarnes <w7...@cox.net> wrote: > Hi All, > > Hopefully with Eric's acceptance, I am forwarding an announcement by John > Stevens regarding our upcoming QRP gathering at Ft. Tuthill. It's this > coming weekend! > > Some of you may remember, or even have attended, what we used to have > going > annually at Ft. Tuthill. It was a much larger hamfest, and the QRPer's > (mainly enhanced by activities sponsored by the Arizona ScQRPions QRP > group), had a great "event within and event", similar to FDIM but > obviously > smaller. Nonetheless, we had a rapidly growing gathering until the other > Arizona ham clubs botched everything by moving the big hamfest. > > Anyway, the ScQRPions, for the last 3 years or so, have returned the QRP > event to Ft. Tuthill. We have camping, a big cookout, seminars, and > generally a bunch of fun, albeit with a smaller crowd. Everyone is > welcome > though, and if you don't camp, Flagstaff is loaded with motels. And you > don't have to be a QRPer to participate---it's only sponsored by QRPer's. > We have a lot of fun, but we could always have even more if more people > came. Ft. Tuthill is a great venue for this sort of thing, and just a > mile > or two from the middle of Flagstaff. You will find a bunch of Elecraft > fans > there too, of course. > > I know it's a bit late to be telling you all this, but hey--just take a > chance and come! It's 7000 feet up, and in the pines! Hopefully some of > you, within driving distance, didn't have anything better to do this > weekend > anyway! Hi. > > Dave W7AQK > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Stevens" <jwste...@concentric.net> > Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 9:11 PM > Subject: [qrp-l.org] Announcing the Fort Tuthill Arizona 2011 QRP > Conference > and Campout!! > > > My apologies. I intended to send out the following updated Fort > Tuthill QRP Conference and Campout information, but did an old one > instead... 73 john > > > It's time again for the Arizona ScQRPions 2011 QRP Conference and > Campout at the Fort Tuthill campgrounds near Flagstaff Arizona on July > 28, 29, and 30!! You don't have to be a QRPer as many of our programs > are of general interest. Our website at http://www.azscqrpions.com > has the details with links to maps to our activities. > > Our lineup of presenters this year is: > > Dan Butler (N7XQA) of Microchip with a PIC microcontroller Tutorial > > Steve Galchutt (wG0AT - Goat hiker) Rooster and Peanut and their > adventures > > Bob Finch (W9YA) "What the Antenna Said" > > Mark Brueggemann (K5LXP) ARRL Techinical Specialist – QRP/P K5LXP style! > > Fred Maas (KT5X) with the presentation "SOTA - Do It With Less!" > combines Trail Running with operating Summits On The Air (SOTA) with > radios so small... > > Early bird camping begins Thursday afternoon July 28th. Stake out > your territory at the campgrounds. > > Steve (wG0AT), Rooster, Peanut, and Fred (KT5X) plan an early Friday > morning SOTA assault on Mt. Elden on the edge of Flagstaff. Get an > early start to avoid the heat and T-Storms and hike with the boys or, > for those of us less fit, drive up, meet them at the summit and do > some operating! Steve and Fred will cover 20m, but could use more ops > on VHF/UHF and other HF frequencies. Ops in Phoenix and other > surrounding cities should have no trouble working them. Be sure to > also listen for them on the trip down on Thursday from other SOTA > sites in NM and AZ. > > Friday July 29th is also the day where YOU become the activities!! > This is your chance to show off what you like to do in your corner of > Ham Radio! BRING A DEMO. SHOW US WHAT YOU DO AND HOW IT WORKS! Do > satellites? What do you use for tracking software. Work a few birds > from the campground. Brag a little. Brag a lot! Built an > interesting new gadget? Bring it. Are you a weak signal guy? > Operate 6m Meteor Scatter and WSPR? Do just WSPR? JT65? Bring that > and show yourself on the Reverse Beacon Network running 2 mW output. > Remote control your radio? How does THAT work? Have a hot new > antenna design? Bring it and we'll put the Vector Network Analyzer on > it and see how it measures up. Anyway, you get the idea!! > > Of course you can always visit with old friends and make new ones. > Bring some trading material for an informal swapmeet on Friday. Some > will set up stations and antennas to operate. This is your day. And > at the end of the day Friday, enjoy a group dinner at a local > restaurant just outside the park entrance South toward Sedona or > perhaps a little something from the Beaver Street Brewery... > > Saturday, July 30th is the day for all the forums. You can see from > the list of presenters above, this will be an interesting day! Top it > all off with the Saturday night picnic and campfires. No rainouts > allowed as we have reserved a covered ramada for 250 happy hams just in > case. > > We are looking forward to seeing and meeting you all at 7500' in the > cool Ponderosa pines of Northern Arizona! > > Y'all come! > > 73 john K5JS > > _______________________________________________ > http://mail.qrp-l.org/mailman/listinfo/qrp-l_qrp-l.org > > > > > ======= > Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. > (Email Guard: 7.0.0.18, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.17990) > http://www.pctools.com/ > ======= > > > > > > ======= > Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. > (Email Guard: 7.0.0.18, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.17990) > http://www.pctools.com/ > ======= > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
