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AEA ARC Meeting

April 28 2016

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Repeater Status

Anyone Know?

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Field Day

  • June 25-26, 2016
  • Only 1 meetings between now and then
  • Location? VC2 & Parking Structure
  • Participants get your gear ready
  • Volunteers
    • PR Coordinator Don Hall
    • HF Rig 1 Kenwood Teresa
    • HF Rig 2 KX3 Kirk
    • VHF Rigs Coordinator
    • Location & Trailer movement (Kirk)

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Parking Structure Field Day Location

Pros

  • Height
  • Antennas on top
  • Monitoring one floor down

Cons

  • Bathroom Distance (A6)
  • Not easily Accessed for public/retirees
  • Can’t use Trailer

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1000 ft

diameter

circles

VC1

Trailer Park

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40M beam pointing North

40M beam

pointing East

Buddipole?

Tripod

Tripod +

Vertical

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Trailer

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VC2 Setup Location

  • VC1 usually closed on weekends
  • VC2 has bathroom
  • Site is used for bike events sometimes
  • Retirees don’t need to sign in
  • Accessible to public

Trailer

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To Do

Ryan is testing the KX3 rig. (Updated FIrmware, settings, works fine)

Kirk / Teresa will test Kenwood in D8 During HF Net 9 AM April 6 - Works

Kirk will advertise Ham It Forward in Happenings - Soon

Teresa will buy G5RV antenna and other stuff.

Don Hall will find out about corp com invitations

Kirk will find out about slinging an antenna off of A8.

Inventory the 5 rig setups May 11 In Trailer 11:30AM

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Budget

  • $8k in bank
  • Possible A6 Ham Shack?
  • D8 Upgrades?
  • A2 Shack needs custodian
    • Bob Lanahan A2-1265
    • New Computer from Used Computer Pool
  • Other items to purchase?
    • Waterfall Display dongles with upconverters (3)
    • Heil headphone sets (5)
    • Portable tower with 20M beam antenna (Chantilly after earthquake)

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