On Jun 21, 2023, at 9:01 PM, Dave Moss <davemoss@...> wrote:

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Eddie, Gary, and I will be gathering at my place Friday around 9:30am to begin setup for FD.? If all goes well we should be finished by mid-afternoon and in good shape to copy the ARRL bulletins starting at 6pm (CW).? Radio/computer setup should be plug and play (thanks to Eddie’s good work last Saturday), but we’ll need to get Larry’s computer and laptop set up as well.? I’ll be raising the wire antennas Friday morning—dipoles for 80/15/20 and loops for 10 and 40.?

At some point mid-day Friday we’ll head out for a bite to eat—location TBD.

If we have time we can run out somewhere for dinner Friday, or maybe order pizza.?

We can fine tune the Saturday schedule Friday afternoon, but plan on 10:00am start, lunch around noon, and begin operating at 2:00pm.?

Here’s what I have planned for meals:

Lunch Saturday (noon):? sub sandwiches, veggies, chips

Dinner Saturday (~6pm):? steak, baked potato, broccoli, peas, salad and special desert thanks to Heather.

Sunday breakfast(time TBD): bacon, eggs, sausage biscuits

Sunday lunch (2pm):? Philly cheese steak, corn on the cob, chips

At the end of operation at 2pm Sunday we’ll break for lunch, and then tear things down.? Tear-down is basically packing everything you brought into your car.? The antennas can stay up and I’ll take care of them later.?

If you plan on spending the night Saturday, let me know.? I have plenty of room, and one air mattress for the first who requests.? Others can bring a sleeping bag and an air mattress, or sleep on a sofa (or hammock if the weather is nice).

If it gets warm we can take a dip in the pool.? Plan to bring your bathing suit and a towel. Only restriction is no glass bottles in/near the pool.? (Don’t panic, I’ll have cans of beer.? ?)

If others want to join in, that’s fine.? Just let me know if you plan to be here at meal time if you want to eat.?

?Dave UW

On Jun 20, 2023, at 9:47 AM, Dave Moss <davemoss@...> wrote:

?Eddie,?

I’ve done the two radio thing with the home station running FT8. It does keep one hopping. That may be a way to keep two stations on FT8 while I’m cooking. ?

GOTA FT8 would work too.?

Dave UW

On Jun 20, 2023, at 9:43 AM, Dave Moss <davemoss@...> wrote:

?Larry,?

Come on by, and bring your friend!

We don’t have a radio for GOTA, but maybe we can make that happen. What radio do you have? ?Maybe we can use that one?

Dave UW

On Jun 20, 2023, at 7:51 AM, Jeff Otterson <jeffrey@...> wrote:

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Watch?for (and work!) W1CUM in Northern Vermont.? We will be < 50 miles from the Canadian Border.? 1A?+ VHF (6m)

Jeff n1kdo

On Mon, Jun 19, 2023 at 9:36?PM Dave Moss <davemoss@...> wrote:

FD is finally here!

It’s a smaller affair this year—either 2A or 3A (we’ll decide Saturday), with so far only three ops (AE4TQ and KE4UW on digital, WB4SQ on phone).? I may try a bit of CW, only to gain bragging rights for being the top scoring CW op for the second time in N4N history (that is, when no other CW ops show up ? ).? We should put together a respectable score, while enjoying good food and beverages and, if you can believe the weather-guessers, reasonably good weather for Saturday and Sunday.? Friday might be a bit rainy for setup, but the out-in-the-rain setup is pretty minimal.

So if you have a free day Saturday or Sunday, feel free to stop by.? If you plan to come around meal time, let me know by Thursday.? That’s when I make the run to the grocery store to get enough food for those who said they would be there.?

Looks like Sunday might the first really hot, humid, sunny Georgia summer day of the year—85 degrees or so.? Good time for a dunk in the pool.?? That’s when we’ll be most grateful that teardown is nothing more than loading into your car whatever you brought with you.?

Hope to catch some of you on the air over the weekend!

Dave UW

On Jun 20, 2023, at 9:43 AM, Dave Moss <davemoss@...> wrote:

?Larry,?

Come on by, and bring your friend!

We don’t have a radio for GOTA, but maybe we can make that happen. What radio do you have? ?Maybe we can use that one?

Dave UW

On Jun 20, 2023, at 7:51 AM, Jeff Otterson <jeffrey@...> wrote:

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Watch?for (and work!) W1CUM in Northern Vermont.? We will be < 50 miles from the Canadian Border.? 1A?+ VHF (6m)

Jeff n1kdo

On Mon, Jun 19, 2023 at 9:36?PM Dave Moss <davemoss@...> wrote:

FD is finally here!

It’s a smaller affair this year—either 2A or 3A (we’ll decide Saturday), with so far only three ops (AE4TQ and KE4UW on digital, WB4SQ on phone).? I may try a bit of CW, only to gain bragging rights for being the top scoring CW op for the second time in N4N history (that is, when no other CW ops show up ? ).? We should put together a respectable score, while enjoying good food and beverages and, if you can believe the weather-guessers, reasonably good weather for Saturday and Sunday.? Friday might be a bit rainy for setup, but the out-in-the-rain setup is pretty minimal.

So if you have a free day Saturday or Sunday, feel free to stop by.? If you plan to come around meal time, let me know by Thursday.? That’s when I make the run to the grocery store to get enough food for those who said they would be there.?

Looks like Sunday might the first really hot, humid, sunny Georgia summer day of the year—85 degrees or so.? Good time for a dunk in the pool.?? That’s when we’ll be most grateful that teardown is nothing more than loading into your car whatever you brought with you.?

Hope to catch some of you on the air over the weekend!

Dave UW

On Jun 20, 2023, at 7:51 AM, Jeff Otterson <jeffrey@...> wrote:

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Watch?for (and work!) W1CUM in Northern Vermont.? We will be < 50 miles from the Canadian Border.? 1A?+ VHF (6m)

Jeff n1kdo

On Mon, Jun 19, 2023 at 9:36?PM Dave Moss <davemoss@...> wrote:

FD is finally here!

It’s a smaller affair this year—either 2A or 3A (we’ll decide Saturday), with so far only three ops (AE4TQ and KE4UW on digital, WB4SQ on phone).? I may try a bit of CW, only to gain bragging rights for being the top scoring CW op for the second time in N4N history (that is, when no other CW ops show up ? ).? We should put together a respectable score, while enjoying good food and beverages and, if you can believe the weather-guessers, reasonably good weather for Saturday and Sunday.? Friday might be a bit rainy for setup, but the out-in-the-rain setup is pretty minimal.

So if you have a free day Saturday or Sunday, feel free to stop by.? If you plan to come around meal time, let me know by Thursday.? That’s when I make the run to the grocery store to get enough food for those who said they would be there.?

Looks like Sunday might the first really hot, humid, sunny Georgia summer day of the year—85 degrees or so.? Good time for a dunk in the pool.?? That’s when we’ll be most grateful that teardown is nothing more than loading into your car whatever you brought with you.?

Hope to catch some of you on the air over the weekend!

Dave UW

On Jun 19, 2023, at 10:21 PM, Eddie Thompson <21eddie2108@...> wrote:

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Maybe we should have a stretch goal this year and try SO2R each!

Looking forward to it, will bring my IC-9700 into the light of day with SatPC32 and my Easycomm az/el controller.

Heather will bake us a fresh creme Victorian Sponge Cake for us to consume at dinner.

73 Eddie,

AE4TQ?

On Mon, Jun 19, 2023, 21:36 Dave Moss <davemoss@...> wrote:

FD is finally here!

It’s a smaller affair this year—either 2A or 3A (we’ll decide Saturday), with so far only three ops (AE4TQ and KE4UW on digital, WB4SQ on phone).? I may try a bit of CW, only to gain bragging rights for being the top scoring CW op for the second time in N4N history (that is, when no other CW ops show up ? ).? We should put together a respectable score, while enjoying good food and beverages and, if you can believe the weather-guessers, reasonably good weather for Saturday and Sunday.? Friday might be a bit rainy for setup, but the out-in-the-rain setup is pretty minimal.

So if you have a free day Saturday or Sunday, feel free to stop by.? If you plan to come around meal time, let me know by Thursday.? That’s when I make the run to the grocery store to get enough food for those who said they would be there.?

Looks like Sunday might the first really hot, humid, sunny Georgia summer day of the year—85 degrees or so.? Good time for a dunk in the pool.?? That’s when we’ll be most grateful that teardown is nothing more than loading into your car whatever you brought with you.?

Hope to catch some of you on the air over the weekend!

Dave UW

On Jun 14, 2023, at 10:09 PM, Gary McConville <wb4sq@...> wrote:

?This is the East Cobb group. I believe you’ve already met these guys.

Begin forwarded message:

From: Dave Moss <davemoss@...>
Date: June 14, 2023 at 9:48:13 PM EDT
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [N4N-Field-Day] Field Day preps
Reply-To: [email protected]

?Thanks Eddie. That would be great.?

On Jun 14, 2023, at 8:40 PM, Edmund Thompson <edmundthompson@...> wrote:

?I have a spare Win10 laptop I'll bring on Saturday that we can use for TS2000 if you want to give it a try, we can load N1MM and WSJT-X, and any other software.

Eddie

AE4TQ?

On Wed, Jun 14, 2023 at 20:21, Dave Moss

<davemoss@...> wrote:

Eddie and I are getting together Saturday (late afternoon, early evening) to get the radios and computers configured for Field Day.? Others are welcome to join us if interested.? Focus will be on getting N1MM+ configured to work with the TS-590 and IC-7300, hopefully ready to go for digital, CW, or phone on either radio.? Might also set up the TS-2000, but I only have a somewhat long-in-the-tooth Window 7 laptop for that.? Not sure if that will run the latest software.?

Anyone else interested in coming by Field Day weekend?? It will be a much more laid back effort than some in the past.? Wire antennas, two or three radios, good food and beer.? We’ll play with satellite a bit too.?

Dave UW

On Jun 14, 2023, at 8:40 PM, Edmund Thompson <edmundthompson@...> wrote:

?I have a spare Win10 laptop I'll bring on Saturday that we can use for TS2000 if you want to give it a try, we can load N1MM and WSJT-X, and any other software.

Eddie

AE4TQ?

On Wed, Jun 14, 2023 at 20:21, Dave Moss

<davemoss@...> wrote:

Eddie and I are getting together Saturday (late afternoon, early evening) to get the radios and computers configured for Field Day.? Others are welcome to join us if interested.? Focus will be on getting N1MM+ configured to work with the TS-590 and IC-7300, hopefully ready to go for digital, CW, or phone on either radio.? Might also set up the TS-2000, but I only have a somewhat long-in-the-tooth Window 7 laptop for that.? Not sure if that will run the latest software.?

Anyone else interested in coming by Field Day weekend?? It will be a much more laid back effort than some in the past.? Wire antennas, two or three radios, good food and beer.? We’ll play with satellite a bit too.?

Dave UW

On Wed, Jun 14, 2023 at 20:21, Dave Moss

<davemoss@...> wrote:

Eddie and I are getting together Saturday (late afternoon, early evening) to get the radios and computers configured for Field Day.? Others are welcome to join us if interested.? Focus will be on getting N1MM+ configured to work with the TS-590 and IC-7300, hopefully ready to go for digital, CW, or phone on either radio.? Might also set up the TS-2000, but I only have a somewhat long-in-the-tooth Window 7 laptop for that.? Not sure if that will run the latest software.?

Anyone else interested in coming by Field Day weekend?? It will be a much more laid back effort than some in the past.? Wire antennas, two or three radios, good food and beer.? We’ll play with satellite a bit too.?

Dave UW

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New rules list GOTA contacts as 5 points w/o limits. Kerchink. I could work SSB alongside and coach when reqd.?

?We likely won’t have a dedicated GOTA station, but we could probably make one of the stations available part time for that.?

On Jun 8, 2023, at 8:50 PM, Gary McConville via groups.io <WB4SQ@...> wrote:

?Will most likely have Sat night dinner elsewhere with my bride. Trying to coax Mo, a new ham neighbor, to join us and possibly work GOTA

On Jun 8, 2023, at 8:36 PM, Dave Moss <davemoss@...> wrote:

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So, looks like three folks are in for FD 2023—me, Eddie AE4TQ, and Gary WB4SQ.?

The two-radio setup ought to work fine.? I have the TS-2000 also we can use for VHF if 6m is open and there is an operator interested.?

The plan would be to set up the radios on the deck as in the past—but the deck is rather different after this spring’s project.? The “old” covered part of the deck is the same, except it is all open steps down to the pool rather than railing.? There is a new 12x15’ or so covered area as well where the high top table is now.? We should have plenty of space.?

Margaret is planning to head downtown for a weekend with grandkids, so we’ll have the place to ourselves.?

When the time gets closer we can figure out what we want to throw on the grill for supper Saturday.? I’ll make breakfast on the flat top grill Sunday morning, and something simple (burgers and brats?) at 2pm Sunday when the operating ends.?

For those interested, if you want we can get together at the Wings Café and Tap Room on Roswell Rd about ? of a mile east of the 120 loop.? It’s in the NW corner of the East Lake Shopping Center (there is also a Harbor Freight in the shopping center).

Maybe we can come up with a thing or two to try for the first time?

Dave UW

On Jun 8, 2023, at 9:49 PM, Dave Moss <davemoss@...> wrote:

?We likely won’t have a dedicated GOTA station, but we could probably make one of the stations available part time for that.?

On Jun 8, 2023, at 8:50 PM, Gary McConville via groups.io <WB4SQ@...> wrote:

?Will most likely have Sat night dinner elsewhere with my bride. Trying to coax Mo, a new ham neighbor, to join us and possibly work GOTA

On Jun 8, 2023, at 8:36 PM, Dave Moss <davemoss@...> wrote:

?

So, looks like three folks are in for FD 2023—me, Eddie AE4TQ, and Gary WB4SQ.?

The two-radio setup ought to work fine.? I have the TS-2000 also we can use for VHF if 6m is open and there is an operator interested.?

The plan would be to set up the radios on the deck as in the past—but the deck is rather different after this spring’s project.? The “old” covered part of the deck is the same, except it is all open steps down to the pool rather than railing.? There is a new 12x15’ or so covered area as well where the high top table is now.? We should have plenty of space.?

Margaret is planning to head downtown for a weekend with grandkids, so we’ll have the place to ourselves.?

When the time gets closer we can figure out what we want to throw on the grill for supper Saturday.? I’ll make breakfast on the flat top grill Sunday morning, and something simple (burgers and brats?) at 2pm Sunday when the operating ends.?

For those interested, if you want we can get together at the Wings Café and Tap Room on Roswell Rd about ? of a mile east of the 120 loop.? It’s in the NW corner of the East Lake Shopping Center (there is also a Harbor Freight in the shopping center).

Maybe we can come up with a thing or two to try for the first time?

Dave UW

On Jun 8, 2023, at 8:50 PM, Gary McConville via groups.io <WB4SQ@...> wrote:

?Will most likely have Sat night dinner elsewhere with my bride. Trying to coax Mo, a new ham neighbor, to join us and possibly work GOTA

On Jun 8, 2023, at 8:36 PM, Dave Moss <davemoss@...> wrote:

?

So, looks like three folks are in for FD 2023—me, Eddie AE4TQ, and Gary WB4SQ.?

The two-radio setup ought to work fine.? I have the TS-2000 also we can use for VHF if 6m is open and there is an operator interested.?

The plan would be to set up the radios on the deck as in the past—but the deck is rather different after this spring’s project.? The “old” covered part of the deck is the same, except it is all open steps down to the pool rather than railing.? There is a new 12x15’ or so covered area as well where the high top table is now.? We should have plenty of space.?

Margaret is planning to head downtown for a weekend with grandkids, so we’ll have the place to ourselves.?

When the time gets closer we can figure out what we want to throw on the grill for supper Saturday.? I’ll make breakfast on the flat top grill Sunday morning, and something simple (burgers and brats?) at 2pm Sunday when the operating ends.?

For those interested, if you want we can get together at the Wings Café and Tap Room on Roswell Rd about ? of a mile east of the 120 loop.? It’s in the NW corner of the East Lake Shopping Center (there is also a Harbor Freight in the shopping center).

Maybe we can come up with a thing or two to try for the first time?

Dave UW