ARC minutes 2026-01-08
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Shopping List[edit | edit source]
We will vote on these this meeting:
Current list: ARC Shopping List
Wednesday[edit | edit source]
Set up several radios and the Eagle at the nature pavilion and tested radios and digital modes
- Eagle is a random wire and a ground plane helps, g90 doesn't like it without ground plane
- Travis's Kenwood tested on EFHW
- Got working FLdigi js8call freedv
Thursday[edit | edit source]
Old Business[edit | edit source]
Agenda[edit | edit source]
- fit check battery terminal cover
- Winter Field day preparation
- discuss lessons learned from Wednesday's activities
- lightning video
- W5YI status
- next meeting plans
- state of current projects
- tech pool study course
- 70cm yagis
- fox hunt yagis
- fox hunt attenuators
- meshtastic
- ??
- POTA log submission
- Submitted
Minutes[edit | edit source]
Winter Field day[edit | edit source]
Winter Field day website / rules
- register club
- Done
- intended exchange: K4UCF 3O NFL
- Kilo Four Uniform Charlie Foxtrot is Three Oscar in Northern Florida
- bonuses we intend
- (OMx6) 6 bands?: 6m 10m 15m 20m 40m 80m (160m?)
- (OMx1) 100% alternative power
- (OMx3) Operate away from home
- (OMx1) make at least one contact on each of two antennas
- (OMx1) at least one winlink email
- (OMx1) Copy Winter Field Day special bulletin (check schedule)
- (OMx2) use multiple modes: SSB digital
- bonuses we need to work to achieve
- (OMx2) FM sat contact
(OMx3) SSB/CW sat contact
- (OMx2) operate 6 continuous hours
- (OMx2) FM sat contact
- Digital modes to prepare for
- all fldigi? (set up macros!)
- js8call (ready on 3 radios, 1 laptop)
- winlink?
- freedv is phone not digital (should try anyway?)