[TowerTalk] Field Day with towers in St. Louis, MO

[Derek Cohn/WB0TUA]

Hi Everyone,

A small group of us in the St. Louis area (Clayton) is putting on a two station Field Day (2A) this coming weekend.  We plan to have two towers up in the air for the antennas:

* 40 feet of Rohn 25G with a TA-33 on top turned by a Ham IV
* 40 feet of Rohn 25G with a 20' mast on top supporting an all band doublet fed with balanced line.

We can always use extra hands putting up and taking down the towers/antennas as well as operators for the event.  One station will be SSB and the other will be CW.  If, like me, you don't have a tower/beam up at home but still want to get some experience with one on Field Day, you're welcome to join us.  You can help assemble a simple tri-band yagi, bolt together tower sections, and help route the rotor cable, coax, etc to the operating position.

Our group is listed as WBØSND on the ARRL.ORG Field Day locator utility but we will be using KØFS for our station call sign.

I knocked together a very crude web page showing our location and some of the details.

http://www.mindspring.com/~vibroplex/Field%20Day%20Web%20Site.html

If you are planning on coming, please call me so I know to expect you.

73,

Derek Cohn
Morse Telegraph Club - Alton Chapter
Office UD, Sine DJ
Amateur Radio Station - WBØTUA
1969 Brunswick M274A5 Mechanical Mule