[Fourlanders] June QSO party work day summary

[Bill Pence]

We had a successful work day Friday.

Rick (sorry, I do not I know Rick's call...) came up and serviced the
generator including an oil change.  He noticed that the oil pressure was
reading low but fortunately that simply required replacement of the gauge.
So the generator is now ready for field day with the North Fulton guys and
the September QSO party.

Ron went through several computers updating to the final release of N1MM
logger+ for the contest. We also had to install the new country file, and
there seems to be a sporadic time synchronization message but I think we
have a plan to resolve that.  The 222 station PC was acting strange so
since will be using k4sqc computer on 6M the 6M computer was moved to 220.
We also put up to new 222 crossed Yagi's which should allow us to do EME.
We also found an audio setting that we should be careful of on the 220
station that was inhibiting n1mm live audio & Record playback. The n1mm
logger+ audio was checked off.

Multiple rotor cables were made modified and installed to get us ready for
the contest this weekend.

Kos will be unable to attend due to family issues so that leaves us with
operator position and beds open if somebody wants to sign up. (Sherman?)

We were joined by a new guy Rich KX4KK who is planning to join us this
weekend and in September.  Also Johnny and I met a prospective new new
member from The Waynesville area KF1SH. He may try to join us this weekend
but he wasn't sure about that but certainly for September.

Currently will be using K4SQC flex and monster computer on 6m. This should
allow us to put 1.21 gigawatts of CPU power to literally pull msk144
signals out of the air. The station will be using Jim's new solid-state
kilowatt amp.

Since Kos will not be joining us we're going to use John's flex and
computer on the 2 meter station as well as his solid state amp.


Looking forward to seeing everybody this weekend and working those who
can't make it.

Regards,
KI4US
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