TCARC Field Day 2002 Info Sheet

 

- Committee Chair (aka it stops here):  Mike N2VR  email n2vr@arrl.net   phone 272-0768 home

-         When: Field Day operating times are 1400 local Saturday June 22 through 1200 local Sunday June 23.

-         Where: Field Day will be at the Etna Fire Station, Wood Road just off Etna Road in Etna, NY.  (Same place as last year.)

-         Setup begins for us at 1800 local Friday evening June 21, 2001 and goes until dark.

-         Setup resumes at 1000 local time Saturday morning and goes until we’re done!

-         Bring your own lunch for Saturday.  Club will provide soda.

-         Dish-to-pass club barbeque Saturday evening beginning around 5 PM.  We still need one or two grills, can you bring yours?  (Will you cook too?!)

-         Running off mains power this year, except possibly one QRP position, so no bother with batteries.

-         Etna Fire Station has running water and a real toilet so the event is family-friendly!

-         Camping space is available for folks who want to stay overnight.  I’ll be a’campin’ again, join me?

-         Equipment needs list updated on web site, http://www.compcenter.com/~tcarc .

-         Here’s what we know we still need.  Please let me know what you can bring to help out!

 

Lots of Diet Pepsi and regular Coke & ice.  We’ll put it in a (clean) trashcan.

DP & Coke & ice needed.  N2VR has lots of root beer, lemon lime etc.

 

NEED

Grounding, towers

Ground rod x 2

 

NEED

Grounding, towers

Ground Cable x 2 (jumper cables will work)

 

NEED

Antenna

6m (5 ele beam?)

N2VJV

CONFIRM

Antenna

2m beam or quad

 

NEED

50 Ohm Coax

 Lots more needed, bring any 25’ and up you have!

 

NEED

Connectors PL-259 “barrels”

Bring PL-259 barrel connectors (to connect cables together end-to-end) if you have a few!

 

NEED

HF Transceivers – 3 more

HF – 10 thru 80m 

NE2T – 40m, W2AD – 15m

NEED

6m Transceiver

6 m all mode

 

NEED

2m Transceiver

2m all mode

 

NEED

Extension Cords

Multi-outlet boxes

Will need about 4 - 50 footers for radios etc

Need 4-5

 

NEED

NEED

Logging Computers – need 4 more

Laptops anyone? N2VR - 2

 

NEED

Grill for Sat night barbeque

 

Doug KB2BON

 

Prep work still To-Do:

 

 

 

RF exposure calcs

Calculate RF exposure from antenna plan

 

NEED

Bandpass Filters 10m - 80m

N2VR make from own parts

N2VR

DONE