All,
I'd like to move ahead with holding Field Day at the Legion Hall again. The conversation was good here but kinda died out. Part of the returning to the legion hall would involve the purchase of the following:
1.
Purchase of and construction of sound-proof booths. Jeff's link to the PVC booth is probably the best for a lightweight, reasonably-transportable-and-stored setup. We'd also purchase a number of moving blankets. These booths would be arranged roughly as shown in the diagram I circulated earlier. We would also need to buy and/or borrow some lights and fans for in the booths.
2.
Purchase of multiple new, longer feedline to run into the field behind the hall. This would likely need to be a custom build of 275' to 300'. If we go with the lighter and cheaper RG-8U, the loss is 2.7 dB at 30MHz for 300'. I would assume we want two runs out to the field for 20m and under bands. 6/10/15 could be kept on the side of the building where we have deployed other years for shorter runs.
3.
Power. The club should consider purchasing its own Honda EU generator (or perhaps several cheaper models given low use?).
Are there any fundamental objections to this plan?
I would also like to propse that the Field Day Tech team meet at 5:30 on Thursday, March 21st at the Eagles before the club meeting to hammer out details and next steps. Any thoughts about that?
Jason
