Outing:2012/07/07

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Outing (to be) held from 14:00 on 2012/07/07 - 14:00 on 2012/07/08 in/on location to be confirmed

 

This is the page for the 2012 VHF National Field Day.

Our application, specifying bands, callsign and location, has to be in by Friday 29th June.

Location

The plan is to operate from a lay-by near Winchester, this has been recommended by a local ham (Ted G3XUX) who runs a 4m net from this location on Sunday mornings.

Phil will recce this location in the next week.

Bands

Phil can borrow radios and antennas for 2m and 70cm, however coax is not known.

Chris ) can bring a 4m FM radio, however has no antenna.

People

Please fill in below when you can come along to help! We will want to get there at about 1200 on Saturday to be ready for the start of the contest.

• Phil - All Weekend

Equipment

• Mast - To be confirmed based on number of people available.

• Coax - To be confirmed based on mast used.

• 2m 7ele yagi - Phil

• 70cm 17ele yagi - Phil

• 2m multimode + 100W amp - Phil

• 70cm multimode + 50W amp - Phil

• 4m FM radio - Chris O

• 4m Antenna - ????

• HF Rig + antenna - ????

• 30Ah of small batteries (chargeable off car) - Phil

• 3G dongle + laptop + router - Phil

• Stove + gas - Phil

• Food + water - ????