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Paul, N8HM
On Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 11:42 PM, Bruce [email protected] wrote:
Field Day is all over. However, you are not done. Not at least until you get an email from me confirming I have received your AMSAT Field Day Summary Sheet. Deadline is 11:59PM on Monday July 10, 2017. This is earlier than the ARRL submission deadline. I need the extra time to get the article ready and off to the journal editor so everything will appear in the next issue. Do not forget to send me some photos of your site or operators. I try to get at least one for every group into the journal.
This was the first field day I have been able to actually participate in for some 13 years as I worked on Saturday and Sunday. I took my M2 Leo Pack to the Texas Emergency Amateur Communications (TEAC) site in Kingwood, Texas and set up there. First pass of SO-50 for field day and I snagged a contact right after V31CI left the window. He was having a pretty good amount of activity at the start of the pass over the Houston area. I was using my Wouxun KG-UV9D HT for 70cm receive and my Icom 2200H 2m mobile for TX.
Packed everything up and drove to the the Sam Houston Amateur Radio Klub (SHARK) site in Cleveland, Texas. I set everything up there and waited for the second pass of SO-50. This time, the armstrong rotors were not pointing at the right spot for a contact. Only a 22 degree pass for me, pretty much horizon shot and they kept wanting to point at 60 degrees...urgh. They missed out on their satellite contact. They enjoyed hearing the satellite nevertheless.
Packed everything up and home I went. That was enough field day fun for me for one day :-). By the way, bought some nice new cables for the M2 Leo Pack for field day.... 15 feet long. I was thinking of when I use my Arrow antenna and have a 4 foot long cable. Was not really thinking the Leo Pack are much larger antennas and 15 feet does not allow for much turning of the antennas. Will need to go for at least maybe 30 feet for next year. oops
73...bruce
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