We set up in the corner of the left-side hanger (under the refueling
boom of the KC-97). We had a modestly successful operation, with about
175-200 radio contacts from our station (K0AIR) and a modest amount of
interaction with the general public. Notable stations contacted
included:
K5TYP, Keesler AFB, MS
K1AIR, Otis AFB (now Reserve base), MA
K8AIR, Michigan
I believe we again placed first in Nebraska (we'll know for sure when we
submit the logs to be scored). We had good performance on
all HF bands from a G5RV on a 30-foot tower fed into an open-wire tuner
(designed and set up by Fred Eriksen).
Special thanks go to:
SAC Museum Assistant Director Denny Hahn
SAC Museum Building Manager Steve Prall
SAC Museum Staff Member Doug (?)
as well as the following SACMARC members:
Fred Eriksen (G5RV antenna)
Mark and Sonya Fitzgerald (setup/teardown, additional tower, computer
and logging support, participation all
weekend, meeting and greeting)
John Sheffield (setup/teardown, additional antenna, some operation,
computer and logging support, meeting and greeting,
participation most of the weekend)
Andrew Dandridge (setup/teardown and some operation)
George Bellairs (setup/teardown, some operation, delivery and retrieval
of club publicity material and archival documents for
display, participation most of the weekend, loan of
VHF/UHF radio and antenna)
Frank Taylor (teardown and much of the HF operation on Sunday using his
own radio equipment)
John Schiedermeier (setup/teardown and some HF operation, participation
all weekend, including Friday setup, meeting and
greeting)
Sid and Nadeane Reade (setup/teardown presence, meeting
and greeting, participation most of the weekend,
including Friday setup)
Bruce Peterson (some participation and operation on Sunday)
Alan Goff (setup and initial operation on Saturday)
Jim Jones (participation on Sunday, some military Collins radio
equipment for display)
as well as anyone I may have forgotten. The impressive amount of team
effort was very helpful in making this a smooth, safe, and successful
field operation. I'd especially like to thank those that pitched in to
quickly disassemble our antennas and towers on Sunday afternoon in that
sudden downpour (and threat of lightning). Let's try to do this again
next year, perhaps with the General LeMay callsign (K0GRL).
-- Paul W. Schleck pschleck@novia.netVice President, SACMARC
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