In reading through the e-mails to -bb, it seems L/U was well received among the membership on Field Day? I'd be interested in feedback about Field Day for consideration of next year's mode. Feel free to cc the -bb, as I'm sure it's of interest to many.
73, Drew KO4MA
PS Congratulations to the handful of stations who were listening to AO-16 Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning. I manually turned the satellite on several times on each of three passes, and several stations managed QSOs in the brief periods the old bird stayed on. Myself and the other command station will continue to try to restart the repeater when available, and maybe as temperatures change it will stay on a little longer, but no promises can be made.
Drew, Field Day was again much fun for all here in Lynchburg, Va. The satellite station was a success and AO-51 was a big part of that. The 1.2 gig up link seems to intrigue those that have no experience with anything above 450 mgh. This year was much easier as WA1ZMS was nice enough to lend his Icom mobile radio.
My suggestion for next year would be a return to the QRP transonder that we had a few years back. One of the most unique contacts we ever had was that year. We did it in the middle of the night using a Kewood D-7 handheld and a Arrow antenna. The crowd present included a banker who pointed the antenna, a lawyer who held the remote speaker, a retired school teacher who logged the contact, and myself a retired Deputy Sheriff who did the calling. The excitement when we finally made contact with a VE station just as we approached to the edge of the foot print was shared by all. This is the kind of stuff good field day memories are made of. Lets do it again.
73's << John
On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 5:04 PM, Andrew Glasbrenner glasbrenner@mindspring.com wrote:
In reading through the e-mails to -bb, it seems L/U was well received among the membership on Field Day? I'd be interested in feedback about Field Day for consideration of next year's mode. Feel free to cc the -bb, as I'm sure it's of interest to many.
73, Drew KO4MA
PS Congratulations to the handful of stations who were listening to AO-16 Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning. I manually turned the satellite on several times on each of three passes, and several stations managed QSOs in the brief periods the old bird stayed on. Myself and the other command station will continue to try to restart the repeater when available, and maybe as temperatures change it will stay on a little longer, but no promises can be made.
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