Field Day Update
The grass has been cut at the Par3
We’re trying to locate a tractor to level the center area.
Jim has talked to the Fire Martial about getting permits for a fire pit.
Our team Captains are John AC6SL CW, Craig N6SBN Phone Station, Tom and Tom Digital Station. Jerry GOTA, FM station…. Safety officer….
Jim is working on a club sign up web page. This page will give us a better designed schedule for our assistant operators.
Our Field Day leadership team needs to have club members helping set up (Friday afternoon) and taking down (Sunday around noon) There will be several station being set up. CW, Phone, FM and Digi stations. Most of the team captains need the help. Previously, our assistant station builders moved between the different stations helping erect antennas, setting shelters, power and radio systems. Setting up has been important, but breaking down those stations on Sunday is equally important. People are pretty tired at that point.
Assistant Station builders need to wear hard hats, clothing suitable for working in the sun and a willingness to move around the site, finding stations that need the help. I’m going to set a simple station, I may need less help. The more complex stations will need more help. In many cases, the large tents need several people to set.
Skilled hams are needed when antennas, computers and power systems fail in the field. We need to come together to get the malfunction station back on the air. I had a logging computer go down hours before the event. I was overwhelmed. Our club experts came together and put the computer back together. This was great…
Last year, we had volunteer station operators ten deep at 10am, and, the station sitting unused late in the afternoon. So, we need to do a better job assigning time slots. Our Night shift operators are a premium. Our CW operators are a premium.
There is some room at the PAR 3 for a few RVs. These are comfortable for the club members operating late, or spending the night.
I look forward to having our newer operators helping out with this Field Day. It’s a great learning experience. If you can’t come one day, you might come the other. Assistant operators usually run for 2 hours, then move on to another station. There’s room for all day assistants and shorter 2 hour operating.
Craig Capitola Village N6SBN