[SECC] Field Day Call for Operators / Help!!!!!

[Roger Hackler]

Hey gang,

This is a follow-up to Mikes (NE4S) post about a month ago.  We sure could
use some help!!!

Time to mark your calendars!  Once again, we plan to activate special event
station N4N for Field Day 2004!  The operation will be from the same site, a
wonderful spot on a 200 acre farm in Paulding County with wide open pastures
for towers and beams, surrounded by tall trees just right for the wire
antennas!  This year's event will, as always, be the fourth full weekend in
June--June 26-27th.

Last year we added a couple more beams, and some serious-business CW
operators,  and we topped 3300 contacts with a 6A operation!  We had a ton
of fun, and wound up number 20 overall, third in the Southeast, and Number 1
in Georgia!  This year, the plan is to grow a bit and shoot for top 5
overall.

We have several more yagis, rotors, tower parts, and radios, so we've got
enough equipment lined up to grow the effort to 8A, with four stations on HF
phone, 3 stations on HF CW, and one HF digital station.  We'll also be set
up for the Get-On-The-Air (GOTA) station, satellite station, and VHF/UHF
station.  Like last year, we'll operate in the 150W category, with computer
logging using Writelog with networked computers.  Camp setup will begin on
Thursday, and antenna/station setup will begin 2:00pm Friday.  If the
propagation gods smile on 10 and 15 meters, we should be able to make 4500
QSOs!

The most important need is for operators--YOU!  We can add or delete
stations to get a good match between operators and stations (maybe one
station for every two full-time operators), but before we can make the
fine-tuning adjustments to the plan, we need a pretty good idea how many
folks are interested.  So, please let me know what your current plans are
for this year's Field Day:

1. I’m in! Sign me up as a full-time participant.

2. I’m interested and will be there part time, but not the whole weekend.

3. I probably won’t participate, but I’d like to see the email traffic and
may join in later.

4. I won't be making it this year.

We’re still cruising the hamfest boneyards for a few odds and ends to
fine-tune the setup. If you are interested in participating please let me
know so we can put our pennies where they count the most.


Think Field Day!

Roger KN6RO