Neil, W6VG
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Neil, W6VG started the topic Equipment Questions in the forum
General 4 days, 15 hours ago1) Is there a disadvantage to buying a “bench” power supply with meters over a black box? I’m looking at the Astron SS-30M. I’m guessing the meters would be vulnerable in the field, but aside from that? Oh, and it’s $30 more!!
2) Any recommendations for an antenna switch? Something happened to mine at 10:15 Saturday right before the start of FD.…[Read more]
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Neil, W6VG replied to the topic Field Day IAP and Operating Guide in the forum
General 1 week agoCasey, after 5 on Sat is good! See you – Neil
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Neil, W6VG replied to the topic Field Day IAP and Operating Guide in the forum
General 1 week, 1 day agoPat, I will be set up by noon tomorrow (Friday), probably earlier. Put out a call on the repeater and we can set up a test of whatever you’d like.
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Neil, W6VG replied to the topic Field Day IAP and Operating Guide in the forum
General 1 week, 1 day agoEva – I can help with all of these things Friday when you come over. I know this amount of information is overwhelming in document form, but once you see it in person it will make a lot more sense. I can also help with the FT-60 programming when you’re here. Bring all your programming stuff so we can sort it.
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Neil, W6VG replied to the topic Field Day IAP and Operating Guide in the forum
General 1 week, 2 days agop.s. I think it’s okay to share the Zoom meeting with specific individuals. Our hosts for Zoom are Bob and Irma so they can chime in with any objections. We’ll discuss tonight. The point of FD is to get people jazzed about radio! Good job in distributing Gordo’s books!
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Neil, W6VG replied to the topic Field Day IAP and Operating Guide in the forum
General 1 week, 2 days agoCasey, I have folks signed up for 3-5 Saturday and 9-10am Sunday. You are welcome to come by Saturday 12:30-1:30 or after 5pm Saturday. Let me know so we can sign anyone else in for a slot on Saturday. – Neil
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Neil, W6VG replied to the topic FT8 Practice Run Tuesday night in the forum
General 1 week, 4 days agoCorrection, it’s 6/23/20 – this Tuesday!!
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Neil, W6VG replied to the topic FT8 Practice Run Tuesday night in the forum
General 1 week, 4 days agoCorrection to the date, should be 6/23/20!!
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Neil, W6VG started the topic FT8 Practice Run Tuesday night in the forum
General 1 week, 4 days agoFT8 Field Day Practice Run Tuesday, 20 and 40 meters
Tuesday 6/22/20 at 5 PM – 8 PMLet’s try a practice run this Tuesday night local time (Wednesday 0000z) for 3 hours.
Frequencies are 14090 KHZ and 7050 KHZ. Remember to switch to Field Day mode in Advanced Settings, and put in something for Class and Section.
Have fun and see you then.
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Neil, W6VG started the topic Field Day IAP and Operating Guide in the forum
General 2 weeks agoWe’ve uploaded the Incident Action Plan (IAP) and Operating Guide for Field Day 2020 to our club library. Copies have been emailed to folks who have signed up to participate, but it’s not too late to join in! Contact Bob Mitton, KM6DKE for any training questions. We have a final Zoom meeting 6/24 at 7pm, and a Thursday night net 6/25 at 7:30.
The…[Read more]
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Neil, W6VG replied to the topic Field Day 2020 Conference Call 6/3/20 @ 7pm in the forum
General 2 weeks, 5 days agoThe Wednesday night Zoom meeting is a weekly meeting with Incident Command Angelo and the Chiefs for Planning, Logistics, Finance and Operations. Since we’re working hard to find ways for everyone to participate on FD, we scheduled an open meeting June 3rd. I think we agree that the meetings (only 2 more) will continue to be open to all. We still…[Read more]
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Neil, W6VG replied to the topic No exams for now in the forum
General 1 month, 2 weeks agoRemote exams may be possible via Zoom! Check out this message from the NorCal Winlink net:
“Traffic for the net from WL7COO:
“Notes from the SJV Section:
If someone is looking for remote VE sessions, check out GLAARG.org,
Read the “Remotely Administered Exam Sessions” information and follow their instructions to test in the relative privacy of…[Read more] -
Neil, W6VG replied to the topic Contest University Recap in the forum
General 1 month, 2 weeks agoGreat link, Bob. Thanks.
I’ve got some reading to do. Loved the “60 years of contesting” photos! -
Neil, W6VG replied to the topic Monday Night Net Control Operators Needed in the forum
General 1 month, 2 weeks agoIf you don’t have anyone yet, I’ll take May 25th and June 1st. – Neil
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Neil, W6VG replied to the topic How to sign up fpr the La Honda Message Board in the forum
General 3 months agoThanks for responding to this so quickly Eva! This came up on our net Thursday night, as quite a bit of community information is shared on this message board including road conditions. Specifically we discussed Angelo’s post with a link to the new County Shelter -in-Place orders extending to May 3rd, and Skywood Trading Post’s offer of parking lot…[Read more]
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Neil, W6VG started the topic FT-60 and FT-8900 Faceplate diagrams in the forum
General 3 months, 1 week agoI’ve uploaded faceplate diagrams for two radios to our library. They include a brief explanation of the knobs, buttons, and dials. These are basic “knobology”, not meant to show you all the bells and whistles on your radio, but to familiarize you with the most commonly used features. I’m happy to receive feedback to make these better!
FT-60 click…[Read more]
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Neil, W6VG replied to the topic FRS/GMRS Frequencies in the forum
General 3 months, 1 week agoHere’s a new link to the FRS/GMRS chart:Click Me
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Neil, W6VG replied to the topic General Meeting Minutes Mar. 21, 2020 in the forum
General 3 months, 1 week agoThanks for the excellent (and prompt) minutes Pat!
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Neil, W6VG started the topic FRS/GMRS Frequencies in the forum
General 3 months, 1 week agoFound a great chart of the new FRS/GMRS frequencies (2017). Of particular interest are the frequencies common to both radios, and the GMRS repeater info. Here’s a link to the pdf in our library:
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Neil, W6VG replied to the topic This Saturday – Antenna Build Day in the forum
General 4 months agoThanks for an incredible day, and thanks Irma for the write-up and for taking photos (though I didn’t see them through the link). I have a few too.
Thirteen people attended and built eight 2m/70cm antennas that all checked out really well! Casey and Henry were busy building stuff all morning too. Everyone had a chance to learn about antenna…[Read more]
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