Outing:VHF NFD 2013

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Outing (to be) held from 09:00 on 2013/07/06 - 15:00 on 2013/07/07 in/on Off A339 Northwest of Basingstoke

 

VHF National Field Day 2013

Anyone is welcome to join us, whether to spectate, have a go at operating the contest stations, or just to chat! Follow G3KMI on Twitter for updates.

We will be using G3KMI/P on 6m, 2m and 70cm.

See Lessons Learnt from last year.

Location

We will be using a site with permission from Basingstoke ARC, the site is ~160m ASL and has great views from north-west through to south-east. There is a remote station on the same hill that regularly gets 10GHz contacts with Germany.

• Locator: IO91KH

• Google Map

Bands

50MHz

6m will be operated as Restricted for the first 8 hours of the contest, under G3KMI/P.

Kit

• FT920 (Uni)
• 10m mast
• 6m Beam + Coax
• Tent (Uni)

144MHz

2m will be operated as Restricted under G3KMI/P.

Kit

• IC7400
• 10m mast
• 2m Beam + Coax
• Caravan

432MHz

70cm will be operated as Low Power under G3KMI/P

Kit

• FT-897
• 10m mast
• 70cm Beam + Coax
• Masthead Preamp + Injector
• Tent (Uni)

Planning

Preparation

• Investigate SDV under Wine (Phil)
  • Works but clunky, suggest native/vm
• Production of CQs for Voice Keyer
• Construction of Steadicams (Tyler)

Kit

Radio Kit

• FT920 (Phil)
• External speaker for FT920
• Power supply for the FT920 (Tyler)
• Mains Extension leads (morse, Phil)
• RCD + Current meter (morse)

Group Kit

• Tables - more are better (morse has one, Phil has one)
• Chairs - more are better (morse has three, Tyler has one, Phil has one)
• 2 Operating tents (need to be able to stand up, morse has one, Tyler has one)
• Straw bale (if its wet)
• Mosquito repellent
• Laptops
• Logging software (sdv)
• Cameras (Phil, Tyler)
• Batteries and chargers for Cameras
• Steady Cam mount (built by Tyler)
• External hard disk (Phil)
• SD Memory cards (Tyler has ordered a load)
• Sown-node + 12V adapters (morse)
• 12V charger (get from cage)
• multi battery charger (Tyler,Phil)
• G3KMI banners (Phil)

Food

• Bread
• Bacon
• Sausages
• Eggs
• Margerine
• Oil
• Large pan
• Pesto
• Ketchup and Mayonnaise
• Lemonade/Cola
• Tea/Coffee
• Milk
• Sugar
• Cake
• Beer (honesty bar - not everyone drinks)

Menu:
  Lunch: Bacon Sandwiches
  Dinner: Pesto (bacon optional)
  Midnight snacks: Pot noodles
  Breakfast: Fry up (bacon, sausages, eggs)
  Lunch: Bacon Sandwiches

Individual Kit

• Waterproofs
• Boots
• Towel
• Sleeping bag if staying overnight
• Foam mats or camp-bed (morse has two mats, one camp-bed)
• Mug and Cutlery
• Change of clothes if it is very very wet.
• Petrol contribution - if you have an appropriate container.
• Mosquito repellent
• Headphones + adapters (Tyler has 2 adapters)
• Torches + batteries
• Lighting - mains desk lamps

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