Original 13 Colonies Special Event 2011

ORIGINAL 13 COLONIES

INDEPENDENCE WEEK

SPECIAL EVENT

July 1st-5th 2011

NY-NJ-RI-GA-PA-NH-SC-VA-CT-DE-MD-MA-NC

5 DAYS - NEW TIMES in 2011!


The 4th of July, 2011 lands on a Monday, which means that you can work us starting Friday through Tuesday. Due to popular demand, we will run the event all 5 days like in 2010. Times will be: 12:01 AM Eastern start on July 1st, (That's one minute after midnight, early Friday morning, July 1st) to 11:59 PM Eastern ending on July 5th (One minute to midnight, late Tuesday night, July 5th).

Link to Website Showing All the Information.

2011 Field Day Video, Northeast Louisiana's Twin City Ham Club (TCHC)

T took the pics and shot the video in this very low budget production of the day's activities.


The tower that stands up by itself is pretty cool - Great job Carlos.

Really Cool Homebrew Towor Erector for Field Day‏, Special Events and Emergencies

This project was Conceived and constructed by Carlos, KB5YEG a start, Louisiana ham and Farmer.

The erector enables a single person to set up a 30 foot tower by himself. As you can see, the tower is very stable and capable of supporting quite a load.


PROJECT BACKGROUND:


He saw an old fertilizer –tank-hauling-trailer discarded in the weeds at a business. When he asked about it, they said he could use it as long as he wanted.


Carlos said:

 “ When I saw it, this idea popped into my mind. I had to get it operating again which was not difficult. It just required some rewiring since the fertilizer had corroded the control wiring.

I designed and built the tower assembly and mounted it on the trailer.

Sonny (KF5FAS seen in the picture below) and Gene( KC5WS) provided the tower sections.


All the metal and parts (except the tower) came from the farm scrap-pile and donations from friends.

Total cost: about $100.00 including parts to get the hydraulic pump working.”

Here are the pictures:

N9FDJ in Lebanon, IL as Heard in W. Monroe, LA

Fred and I departed the freewheeler net for a few moments and did this so he can hear his new mic

Sounding good Fred!Click here to visit his QRZ PAGE.

How to get the GRLevel Radar Software

The link I am providing below  transports your browser to the site where the GRlevel software can be downloaded. 

You get a number of days (15 I think) of  free trial use.  Then you have to purchase the activation codes for further use.

There are a number of downloads you can get.  GRLevel-2, level-2 analyst, and level-3.  Check them out.

Link to the download site. ...

"Yes I am a Ham", Origional Music Video Performed by KE5UTN

Have you ever walked around with your h/t and had anyone approach you asking if you are a cop?  I have, and plenty of times... especially by some seedy looking characters. 

This song answers their question.