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Dave, I couldn't let it go for even 24 hours.? We had a very productive day
yesterday including Andrew's hooking up and firing up the ole Ford?'real
bush wacker'!? You should have seen Tom and Andrew dueling for position on
the?field day grasslands!? The ENTIRE location has been bush hogged
and half of that?has been cleanly mowed.? The area we use?most
has been?mowed right down to?an inch?or two height thanks to
Tom's tractor mower. ?This extends nearly 400 feet from the gate to the
tree line (nearly east to west) and 200' minimum from North to South.? Also
Andrew was kind enough to bush hog the area around the far back right tree so we
can get a dipole up there without bleeding to death on the briar bushes.?
This is nearly 80000 sq feet (nearly 2 acres)?of
cleared land!!
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Roger
is going to make two 80 m dipoles for CW and Phone. We can put one up on the far
west between two pines (130 feet apart) and the other nearly along the fence
where the gate is (tree near fence to NE trees).? I walked this off and
there is 130 easy in these two locations.
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We
will have some work on getting the RV into the site.? Roger and I cleared a
fairly good path, but on the way out Tom noticed a bit work still necessary due
to the wide turns the RV will make.? We also encountered a Hornets nest on
the straight drive on the initial entrance.? We though we could pick up
some 25' spray to kill that before we started shaking that branch any
further.? If you could bring your tree trimming device next Saturday, we
can finish up this work.? With four of us, this should take an hour or two
max.
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Other
than that, we should plan to meet next Saturday to mark the towers, tents,
trailers, and generators.?We need to think
the positioning of the six (40m Yagi, 40m Yagi, 20m Yagi, 20m Yagi, 10/15 m
Yagi, 15 m Yagi), (yes six by my count!!) towers and how to create enough
separation so one is not beaming into the back of
another.
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Tom and I had lunch at a great BBQ place just North on
92.? I think this is a?great alternative to the Catfish Den, since all
we need to do is?run down and?drive through to pick up some good food
for?Thursday/Friday evening, along with a cooler of beer we should be well
relaxed.
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Have a nice Sunday!
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QRZed Field Day.
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Jim MBP
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