Field Day 2010

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Field Day Report - N6FRG/AE6LA - RMS Express was great!


We were N6FRG,6A SJV at Mt. Reba/Bear Valley Ski Area, 7800' in Alpine
County,CA. CM98XL Connected to my HP DV-5000 laptop in my 22' motor home station I have a B-2000/Rig Blaster Pro for HF, KPC-3+/TM-G707 for
Packet and KPC-3+/FT-1500 for UiView APRS. I had 88 messages in or out
using RMS Express. My HF connections were I think all on 20 meters, N1NL & N7EP. I didn't get any connects on 40 not even my home station, AE6LA-5 30 miles away. Not surprising I guess. Nearly half of the traffic was by 2 meter packet and it was really slick using Express to do that.

All the messages were in one program. I connected through MAR5 66 miles South and back to my AE6LA-10, 144.91. I use IPSerial along side for packet keyboard capability. (Need to remember to disconnect before opening an Express packet session.) Also did some minor messaging on aprs. It's sure handy to send an "L" to WLNK-1 and see if there are any messages waiting.

Thank you to all the RMS Express development team especially Rick.

73,

Ken Sanders - AE6LA
President, Calaveras Amateur Radio Society - N6FRG


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On Saturday, May 22,2010 a "Pot Luck" Pre-Field Day meeting took place at
the home of Bill Holmes { K6DUY } in Sheep Ranch.
Attending were Jim & Patsy CLARK; Ken & Lynn SANDERS; John DAVENPORT & Jan;
Sam & Kathy HERNANDEZ; Steve & Pat SHINN ; Kit BROWN and the hosts Bill &
Phyllis.
The meeting covered varies aspects such as Safety; First Aid; Publicity;
Internet Station Locator; Sanitary Facilities; Signs; Antennas; Power
requirements; Visitors and the Saturday afternoon Bar-B-Q.
Field Day will be held this year on June 26th [Sat.] starting at 1800UTC &
ending 27th [Sun.] at 2100UTC.. 11:00AM Sat. through 2:00 PM Sun...
The Field Day location will again be held in Bear Valley at the Mt. Reba Ski
parking lots located just off of Hwy.4.. Signage on Hwy 4 will direct all
members & visitors so as to make our location very accessible to everyone.
All visitors, Ham and non-licensed, will be able to make radio contacts and
tour the facilities. Operation of the equipment under the guidance of the
assigned Field Day operators is legal and encouraged. Six
transmitting/receiving stations will be in operation.
The Bar-B-Q to held Saturday afternoon is open to everyone and we only
request a contact phone call to Bill HOLMES { 209-728-9439 } if you plan to
attend so that we can plan ahead.
Here's hoping the weather will co-operate and bring us sunshine. Our last
report from AE6LA who made a visit to the site on Thursday [May 20th] gave
us photo's of the parking lots, which were clear but with 4 to 5 feet of
snow on the sides.
Submitted: K6DUY
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Mt Reba Base Cam

Directions from Angels Camp:
Hwy 4 East - Drive for 46.4 miles.
Turn LEFT onto CA-207. Drive for 1.4 miles.