[BVARC] JOTA Saturday

[Pete Sauermilch]

OK Hiller; because of your incessent wining about no digital station, I went out and found a replacement for the missing 706 connector. I just finished the cable and will test tomorrow. Either it works or smoke gets out. I'll inform you either way.

If you want, we can take the HF mobile antenna from TPQ and use that for the PSK31 station. I'll bring the whole thing. So if things work tomorrow you don't have to do a thing about a PSK31 station. If they don't then you will have spent no wasted motion. This way settup will be about 30 minutes. Some shade would be nice.

Pete
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--- rhiller at sdicgm.com wrote:

From: "Rick Hiller" <rhiller at sdicgm.com>
To: "bvarc" <bvarc at clarc.org>,        "'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB'" <bvarc at bvarc.org>
Subject: [BVARC] JOTA Saturday
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:05:36 -0500

To all,

 

Sorry, but I have been , and still am, out of town with very bad cell and
e-mail facilities (unplanned).....I have to stand outside in a certain spot
to type this message.

 

My plan is to be there at the church Saturday at 8:00 to set up for a 8:30
Merit badge class start.  I would assume if y'all would be there 9 or 9:30
ish to set up that that would be in plenty of time.  I have been told that
there will be other Scouts, besides the MB class, there.  MB class should be
ready for on the air work around 11:30...so in the mean time get on the air
and work Scouts!

 

St. Paul's - 59 and Bellaire, opposite Sharpstown Mall, inbound feeder, but
entrance is on Bellaire towards town a half block or so.

 

Set up -- basic HF for 20, 15 and 10 with 2 element yagi.  Dipole for 17,
but later in the day, as the merit badge class might build it. Be nice it we
could pull it up on the mast with a rope/pulley rig.

 

VHF operation will be 146.94 and there will be other Scouts on there from
other groups, so that will be good.

 

No one has come forward positively with any digital, either HF based of
VHF/UHF internet based, so we'll wing that one if it happens.

 

Bring whatever you feel you can swing for the day, equipment wise, and we'll
put together a station.   A Field Day Environment.

 

Goal: the goal is to introduce Scouts (Cub, Boy and Girl) to Ham Radio and
get them to talk to other Scouts at other HF/VHF stations around the country
and the world (if prop so chooses).  Explain Ham Radio , shortwave and the
different modes and get them in front of the mike with you taking the lead
and talking to the other end Ham op.  Then get the scouts on the air.  It is
really a lot of fun.  Yes, most are mike shy, but you'll probably run into a
scout that just likes the whole radio thing. And the scouts at the other
end, when YOU get to talk to them are drawn out by your forward attitude and
your asking questions about there troop, school sports, etc.  After a few
Q's you'll get the swing of it....ducks to water.

 

I sincerely appreciate everybody's help for 5 minutes or all day.  We do
what we can and that is all I can ask.

 

Sorry, but no e-mail access again until tonight.  Rick - W5RH

 

 

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