[Fourlanders] Contest plans again

[wa4kxy at bellsouth.net]

Thanks for taking care of this and all of your hard work Bob.  I will be looking for meals starting Friday dinner through Monday breakfast also.  My 4 kw should be enough to run the microwave/432 station.  We may have to make another power cable Bob since the one I have has just a single 240 and a single duplex 120 outlet on one end which probably is not enough outlets.  Everyone else ley us know what your generator plans are.  Thanks.

73
Jim W4KXY

> 
> From: Bob Lear <k4sz at alltel.net>
> Date: 2003/05/26 Mon AM 12:08:58 EDT
> To: "fourlanders at contesting.com" <fourlanders at contesting.com>, 
>    Ryan Williams <csxrailfan at hotmail.com>,  toccoa at alltel.net, 
>    diana white <dianacwhite at earthlink.net>,  jgrote at cancer.org, 
>    tim at cailloux.com,  burrows at bellsouth.net
> Subject: [Fourlanders] Contest plans again
> 
> Gentlemen, forward this to anyone you know of that you've asked to come.
> 
> Time is getting closer.  We need to make food plans now. We need a
> confirmation of who is coming so that Paul can plan for the food.  I'll
> be the clearing house.  Let me know how many meals you will be there for
> and any friends or extra ops that are coming that want in on the food
> deal and how many meals they'll be there for too.  e.g. for myself, I'll
> be going up on Friday and expecting Fri supper thru Monday breakfast as
> usual.  Paul, do you still want me to bring my small 2kW generator for
> you to use for cooking?
> 
> Also, Paul we really need the info on the rotator mount on the van tower
> so that we can use our own rotator unless it's a good rotator.  It
> sounded like an old click-box Ham-M and I don't think we want to use
> that for the contest.  What size mast the tower will take too.
> 
> Robin and Neal, make sure you have extra long rotator cables to make it
> from the Tower Trailer #1 site and the Van site back to the operating
> trailers.  Feed line too.
> 
> Generators:  What do you have and what are you planning to bring.  From
> the plans I've seen we will have real kW amps on 6, 2, 222 & 432.  This
> is more big iron than we've had in the past several years so we need to
> plan the generators and loading accordingly.  We know the group has more
> than enough generators, just want to hear the plans. The microwave gear
> will probably only draw about a maximum of 300W so I should be able to
> tag on to one of the big generators.  Don't forget gas cans with all the
> generator power we'll be using, we'll need plenty.  Also, the power
> distribution breaker panel is at Neals and we will need it.  Don't
> forget all your long power cords to go from the generators to the
> trailers.  
> 
> Does anyone think we should take a back-up tower?  I have plenty of
> stuff here that we usually use (30' guyed tower, base, stakes, etc) but
> unless someone comes by to help carry it, I won't have room to haul it
> with me.  Getting pretty loaded up with all the microwave stuff and the
> new tower trailer doesn't leave as much hauling room.  I had figured on
> Brians new trailer being here for extra stuff, but that doesn't seem to
> be the current plan.
> 
> We are planning to use the TWO 432 FO22s that belong to the club.  I
> have a power divider, but the phasing lines are at Neals along with the
> 2X1296 loopers, PD, phasing lines and H-frame.  
> 
> That should about cover it for now.  Let's hear from you as the contest
> is coming up fast.  
> 
> The new tower trailer #3 is coming together.  I worked on it all day
> today and really think that there will not be a problem completing
> everything now.  Also finished the first operating box/table and tested
> all the new logging computers.  Anyone else that needs one, let me know.
> 
> 73 Bob
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