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, operate the contest stations, or just to chat! Follow G3KMI on Twitter for updates.

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

Keep an eye on MET Office Forecast

See Lessons Learnt from last year, photos 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

• Restricted for the first 8 hours of the contest, under G3KMI/P.

Kit

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

144MHz

• Restricted under G3KMI/P.

Kit

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

432MHz

• 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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