Paul Noll KG5MHD Love your pets, they want and deserve it !!!
Begin forwarded message: > From: Paul Noll <[email protected]> > Date: June 5, 2017 at 11:45:28 AM CDT > To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [BVARC] Museum Ships Weekend > > Hello everyone, > I'm new here and just joined BVARC. I missed out on the Museum Ships Weekend > due to prior plans. Would have liked to have gone down south and joined in. > I know that Field Day is coming up and I would like to help out with set up > if possible out at the fire station. Im wanting to learn as much as possible > and think there is no better way to do that than to be around people who are > experienced so I hope I'm not intruding. I'm new to HF and only have a > Technician license currently but am working toward getting my General and any > help toward that goal would be greatly appreciated !! > I have been an aircraft mechanic for 33 years and have had "some" radio com > experience as it relates to that industry so its not all foreign to me. Still > have a LOT to learn though !!! > > Anyway, just wanted to say hello and I look forward to meeting all of you. > > Paul Noll > KG5MHD > Love your pets, they want and deserve it !!! > >> On Jun 5, 2017, at 7:36 AM, Scott Medbury via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Gayle, >> >> The bands were not kind on HF, but we were there. We also had some antenna >> and radio problems early. Down there we had a hard time picking up the >> TEXAS, but did. I heard the Lexington, but they had a pileup working. The >> net took place and the Elissa, Texas, Cavalla and Stuart were there. The >> cool thing about Museum Ships is that ANY band is fair game as it is NOT a >> contest. 17 meters opened up and was a good place to spend a couple of hours. >> >> I was on 10 meters for a while, but it was dead until almost 5PM when it >> opened to YV Land (Venezuela). Hopefully the sun will cooperate more during >> Field Day. >> >> We will have a GOTA station set up on Field Day and ALL Techs will have an >> opportunity to operate on 10, 15, 20 and 40. We get bonus points if you make >> 20 QSOs while operating GOTA, so I will be looking for YOU! >> >> We will also have a 2 meter station looking for contacts on SIMPLEX FM and >> possibly SSB as well. So you will have lots of opportunities to get your >> feet wet. >> >> 73 ... Scott KD5FBA >> Field Day Coordinator >> >> >> Scott Medbury >> 16802 Aprilmont Drive >> Sugar Land, TX 77498-1941 >> [email protected] >> >> From: BVARC [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gayle Dotts via >> BVARC >> Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2017 9:26 PM >> To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB >> Cc: Gayle Dotts >> Subject: [BVARC] Museum Ships Weekend >> >> Have been looking forward to Museum Ships weekend for several years now, >> each year a disappointment for me...but this year would be better!!! Heard >> nothing from the USS Stewart or USS Cavallia on 10 - 20- 40 meters all day >> Saturday or Sunday. Bought a new Icom 7300 last week "just for the event". >> Hoisted my also new Alpha- Delta DX-EE and my 10 meter Moxon 30 feet in the >> air...but nothing from Galveston.... I live in Richmond...maybe I'm too far >> away for HF from Galveston??. I did hear a little faint but soon lost USS >> Lexington and USS New Jersey Saturday morning on 20 Meters but being a Tech >> I couldn't contact them....darn! Saturday around 2 P.M. tried the Ships Net >> 147.14 did it happen?? I couldn't hear anything there either. Well maybe >> next year. I did order today a 10-20-40 long-wire drop my other antennas, >> thinking I can start it on my 30 foot push-up mast 2 feet off the edge of my >> roof and go out from there getting it away from the building. I have heard >> 2 good BVARC friends that uses a long-wire for their HF...maybe they knows >> something. I did hate missing out on the fun at Museum Ships weekend again! >> . >> 73 All! >> Gayle >> KF5LVZ >> _______________________________________________ >> BVARC mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> Message delivered to [email protected]
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