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Home » Events » 2024 Winter Field Day @ Cooper Lake » Reply To: 2024 Winter Field Day @ Cooper Lake

Reply To: 2024 Winter Field Day @ Cooper Lake

December 1, 2023 at 6:59 pm #40774
Charles Penry
Participant

    Mark,

    My answers below:

    Do we want to be mobile or indoor? I’ll set up outside, weather permitting, but then go into the RV after dark.
    We will be indoor because Cindy and I will be in a cabin.

    Bands for multiplies – I can do 40, 20, 15, 10, 2 and 70cm (I don’t expect any action on 2 or 70cm)
    I plan to bring HF-6 meters only. I will probably have a 2m/70cm FM radio parked on the 146.760 repeater.

    QSO points – I’m defiantly not doing CW, but I will hopefully try some other form of digital. (rtty or JS8call)
    We will probably do SSB only unless I get real busy learning some of the digital stuff.

    Power – I’ll be 100w
    We will have only 1 radio at 100 watts.

    Alternative power – I will run of battery for as long as I can, but my generator doesn’t work to recharge the laptop battery. Might be hard for me to add to this objective.
    I can bring an extra 12v 100 AH lithium battery. Also a 12v to 110 volt inverter if that’s what your laptop needs. You can swap batteries and recharge from AC and still be called battery powered. Go figure…

    We’ll be Away form home, so that one’s in the bag.
    Yes.

    Deploy multiple antennas – I’ll set up a 40-10 ocf dipole and a 80-10 efhw. the efhw only does 30 watts though.
    I plan to use only one end-fed antenna that goes down to either 160 or 80 meters, I forget which.

    Winlink – I’ll have to sucker someone into returning an email, but i’ll be set up.
    Good.

    Operate 6 continuous hours – I can do this. And, keep the snacky snacks close.
    Yes, snacks! And meals!!

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