Re: [Elecraft] THE EFFORT OF FIELD DAY

2016-06-27 Thread Joe Moffatt
: Elecraft [elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] on behalf of Anthony Scandurra [anthony.scandu...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, June 27, 2016 6:37 PM To: Elecraft Reflector Subject: Re: [Elecraft] THE EFFORT OF FIELD DAY I am happy to report that my 11 year old son, who plays on a PS4, a Xbox, and his own

Re: [Elecraft] THE EFFORT OF FIELD DAY

2016-06-27 Thread Walter Underwood
Yeah? Check out this coverage on WGNO with a twelve year old General at Field Day (KG5HVO). The Jefferson Amateur Radio Club should get a thousand extra points for this coverage. http://wgno.com/2016/06/26/arrl-field-day-2016/ And the club:

Re: [Elecraft] THE EFFORT OF FIELD DAY

2016-06-27 Thread Anthony Scandurra
I am happy to report that my 11 year old son, who plays on a PS4, a Xbox, and his own computer, participated in FD at my local club's operation for his first time. He made 63 Qs with help from Dear Old Dad on the GOTA station. He is also studying for his Technician class license. He said over

Re: [Elecraft] THE EFFORT OF FIELD DAY

2016-06-27 Thread Scott Simpson
as the young guy in my club (37) i feel like i put up more antennas and carried more stuff than i should have in the south texas heat and humidity! On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 6:26 PM Bill wrote: > "Bring on the youngsters?" Sure - If you can tear them away > from their

Re: [Elecraft] THE EFFORT OF FIELD DAY

2016-06-27 Thread Bill
"Bring on the youngsters?" Sure - If you can tear them away from their smart phones and XBoxes! Bill W2BLC K-Line __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help:

Re: [Elecraft] THE EFFORT OF FIELD DAY

2016-06-27 Thread Howard Hoyt
Hi Kent, Funny you should mention this idea of minimizing effort, our crew had discussed this exact issue this year...of course we blamed it on the 90+° and humidity, but it is true, we should all be aware of our limitations as we agebring on the youngsters! Cheers & 73, Howie - WA4PSC

[Elecraft] THE EFFORT OF FIELD DAY

2016-06-27 Thread KENT TRIMBLE
I can only shake my head in awe of Howie's 8-transmitter FD, as well as other double-digit multi-transmitter operations . My hat's off to that kind of effort, believe me. We used to do that, too. But several years ago the Mid-MO Amateur Radio Club (NØSS) of Jefferson City, Missouri, decided