Already? Yep, Field day is only 2 months away. Remember that getting elected officials, the press, etc. to show up takes planning. You may be able to get the station equipment together in a week, but important people’s schedules fill up fast!
As usual, I’ll be operating wtih the W1MOO group here in VT. We’re a group of folks who like to pack as much radio into a weekend as possible, and therefore always make lots of contacts. We’ve never enjoyed fooling around with low dipoles or longwires. We always put up at least 2 military surplus towers with Yagis on top, and operate FD as a contest.
This year will be no exception. Plans are already underway. You can check out w1moo.wikispaces.org to see the planning that’s gone on so far.
Hopefully this year I’ll have my QRP PSK station available and we can use that to make our 5 alternate power contacts. It will consist of an FT-817 and NUE-PSK modem. Should be fun.
So, start thinking about Field Day. What are you going to try out this year?
73 de Al, KE1FO
