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Gents,

We’re about two months out, so it’s probably about time we start finalizing some plans for field day.?

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I’m not sure what that might look like, but I could sure use some input from the group on what might be some practical approaches we could/should take this year.? Email would be great, but some face to face discussion is a hell of a lot more efficient.? So . . . .

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For anyone interested, lets get together next Thursday evening at 1900 local at my place and bounce around some ideas.? If you plan to come, let me know.? If you can’t make it, but have some thoughts or ideas, post them.? To make the gathering just a little more enticing, Eddie may honor us with some samples of his latest brewing project.?

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To prime the pump a little bit:? It seems to me that the full tilt boogie affair with kids and significant others here most of the weekend probably doesn’t make sense.? It also makes sense to gather only those folks who have been “fully vaccinated”.? But beyond that, how should we organize this event??

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• Maybe schedule and plan around having two or three people per station on site at any given time?? Maybe 12-18 folks max at any time.? Enough for some socializing, but not everybody all the time?
• Maybe a “core group” of 6 to 10 folks who will be here the whole time, with others coming and going?? That would make sense for some of the folks coming from too far away to make multiple trips.?
• Should we go back to using one or two of the white tents to keep things spread out, with stations 6 feet apart?? Or maybe to keep things simple, use several 10x10 pop-ups to keep setup simple? ?Or, if it helps, I do have AC in one of the sheds.? ?
• Should we skip the yagis and just use wire antennas like I put up last year to keep the workload light and the need for large setup parties to a minimum??
• How many stations?? I’d suggest we have all the cw stations we have operators for.? At least two, maybe three digital stations?? At least one, maybe two phone stations?

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Lots of combinations and permutations.? So lets gather whoever is most interested next Thursday and bounce some ideas around.?

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I’ll provide beer to supplement Eddie’s, and some chips/salso/queso.? You provide some ideas.?

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Dave UW

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