[K4RY] A-Day Special Event Station

[John Melcher, Jr]

six blocks still no caution tape

On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 4:17 PM, Christopher Hathcock <
cwh0009 at tigermail.auburn.edu> wrote:

> Tomorrow we will be hosting our special event station for Auburn
> University’s 160th Anniversary and A-Day. Auburn University was founded
> in 1856 as East Alabama Male College. We have obtained permission to setup
> our station right in the middle of Samford Park. The goal of our special
> event is to celebrate the foundation of the University, enjoy A-Day, and
> promote AUARC and amateur radio as a hobby. We will be operating under the
> special event callsign W4E for the duration of the event. We will have
> commemorative QSL cards to send out for the event.
>
> Our schedule for the day is pretty straightforward. We will be setting up
> in front of Samford Hall at 7AM, we’ll have a lunch break around noon, and
> we’ll try to break down when things start slowing down, probably a little
> before 5PM. It will be 42 degrees Fahrenheit when we setup in the morning,
> with a high of 63 degrees and 10 to 15 mile and hour winds, so please dress
> accordingly. Other than the cool temperatures, we should have a beautiful
> day.
>
> We will have three radios setup, an IC 718 on HF for SSB, an Elecraft KX3
> on HF for digital modes, and a mobile VHF rig on simplex for communicating
> with HTs and if local hams want to call in without sitting in the pileup on
> HF. We will try to operate on different bands to reduce interference, since
> our antennas will only be 20 to 30 feet apart. This is a constraint of the
> site and we can’t really do much about it. We’ll put the VHF radio on 146.5
> and adjust if necessary. We’ll post updates on frequencies as well as
> photos and announcements to the club Facebook page and Twitter.
>
> The only things you will need to bring if you’d like to operate are a
> folding chair if you want a place to sit and snacks. I’ll try to have some
> doughnuts there and we’ll send a few people to go place orders at Jimmy
> John’s around 11:30 AM.
>
> If you have volunteered to bring out any equipment, I will send an
> additional email to you with the compiled equipment list.
>
> Chris Hathcock, KD2BRP
>
> AUARC President
>
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