David and Others,
I will commit to come out and work the HF rig for a couple of
hours... The last few years it has been a little "N5POB and a lot of
August K5HCT Show" and that gets old for both me and him, I am glad to
hear that others are getting involved and are excited about it. It can
and is a lot of fun when you have a group effort.
I may or may not be able to set up and take down. Too far out to forecast.
I have a question though about what call sign will be used? Will
it be W5MAF?, which is currently assigned to Les Blalock N5KOA as a
Trustee for the West Texas Skywarn Association. Has he been asked? As a
courtesy he should be notified as it is his license on the line if
someone violates the rules and a heaven forbid a citation should be
issued by the FCC. Hopefully with competent control operators that won't
be an issue.
I certainly don't mind being the control operator while I am there,
which would give everyone the Extra Class Portion of the band privileges.
I say take lots of pictures and show the others what they missed.
Make sure there is coffee and donuts and it will be okay.
MY 2 cents worth...Pay me later.
Bill de N5POB
On 11/6/2014 2:52 PM, KF5WDJ wrote:
Gentlemen,
We should all be on the same page for this; so, here is what I have so
far. A younger ham in Hobbs has acquired a tower trailer and is
setting it up for emcomm use. He is excited and planning on bringing
it over to try out; and, hopes to have a few other operators come with
him. A few of the younger hams in Big Spring are planning on coming
to help as well. I am putting together an OCF dipole for 80 through
10. It will be set up with poles to get it up at 20 feet and I have
125' of feed line for it. To make this fun, I thought we could invite
anyone with a portable hf antenna they would like to set up to bring
it. We can swap them out on the feed line and see how they work. I
thought we might want to keep the rig as simple as possible -- maybe,
a simple portable radio and modest turner.
I have not had much response from Midland and Odessa. I haven't
pushed yet other than the announcement by email and on the net. I
will start trying to get commitments on the net. This week wasn't good
due to link conditions. Hopefully those will be worked out soon.
That is my input at this point. It is probably time to open the
conversation and my opinion is worth what you paid for it.
73,
David KF5WDJ
*From:* MARC [mailto:marc-boun...@w5qgg.org] *On Behalf Of *STEVE HOPKINS
*Sent:* Thursday, November 06, 2014 10:29 AM
*To:* 'MARC'
*Subject:* [MARC] Club meeting
Meeting announcement
This coming Monday, November 10, 7:30pm
The next scheduled meeting for November will be held at the National
Weather Service on Highway 80 between the airport and the Airpark
Mobile home park. This should be convenient for Odessa as well as
Midland Hams. As promised, a new Baofeng dual band handy talkie will
be the door prize, and we will be given a tour of the newly remodeled
facility. There will also be an announcement about the Weather
Service Ham Radio Appreciation Day coming up in early December, and we
will have a short discussion about Hamfest.
_+_+_+_+_+
The Christmas party on Tuesday, December 9^th will serve as our
December meeting. The time is 6:30 to 8pm and the location is KD's BBQ
on East Florida Street (Hwy 158) near the I-20 overpass. Our last
handy talkie will be given away along with other door prizes, so be
sure to attend. We will also take this time to recognize members of
the club for their service.
Until then, best 73,
Steve K5RS
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