Hi Folks

Last week we had 12 Ops show up at Sanchez Park. Conditions were not that great but we had some great croos table QSOs.

Join us this Wednesday, 7 May at 1100 local for another portable OP. We will be at Bethune Point Park in Daytona Beach at the east end of Belleview Avenue.

Turn off South Beach St at TUG’s place (K4TUG lives at corner of Beach & Belleview).

We will monitor 147.150 for talk in and hope to see you there.

73 de

Paul AB4PM

05.04.2008

Hi Gang

 Last Wednesday a sizable group showed up at Reed Canal Park. We set up 2 stations, one on CW and one on phone. We did not exactly burn up the airwaves. The conditions were typical of our most recent outings. Lets hope things pick up this week.

 On Wednesday, the 30^th, we will return to Sanchez Park in Ormond Beach. I plan to bring an 80m doublet that plays well on most Ham bands and I will also bring my Buddipole. There are lots of trees available so bring your wire antennas and lets hang em high. I’ll bring my world famous “slinky” antenna and see if we can duplicate last weeks efforts and complete a call or two to the west coast.

 Place = Sanchez Park

Date = 4/30

Time = 11:00am (EDT)

Talk-in = 147.150

 C  U   There

04.27.2008

Hi Gang,

Well I am ready for this week’s portable OP after missing last week. I hope you are all ready too. We will try Daytona Beach’s newest park, Manatee Island on Wednesday. Manatee Island is located adjacent to the west bank of the ICW just to the south of the Main Street Bridge.

Access is from Beach St via a footbridge behind a City owned former residence about 500 yards north of the News-Journal Center. Parking is available on Beach St however the limit is 2 hours. I plan to unload my equipment and transport it across the footbridge in a little red wagon. Then, with help from my friends, I will set up a station at the covered pavilion to the left of the footbridge.

Once the station is set up and operating I will cross the bridge and relocate my truck to the parking lot at the County building a little to the south. I am not into paying parking fines, hi hi.

I will arrive between 1000 & 1030 with the goal of being on air by 1100 and I plan to operate until 1400. We will monitor the club’s repeater 147.150 for talk in. I hope to see YOU there. 

73

Paul AB4PM

04.06.2008

AAR for 19 March 2008

Hi gang

We had a good OP last Wednesday. Made 12 contacts in 2.5 hrs, most on 17m. Used a HB 2 band dipole up 25 ft.

This week we will return to Reed Canal Park in South Daytona. Usual time and talk-in on club repeater.

Does anyone have a 100 ft tape measure? If so, please bring it to the park. I need some help measuring, cutting wire for an 80m dipole.

 Paul ab4pm
03.22.2008

Hi Gang           

We had a shortened OP last week. Only 5 of us showed and it was way to cold. The highlight of the day was KI4ZAG making his first HF QSO. Congratulations Jayson.

This Wednesday March 5 we will avoid the crowds of Bike Week and operate at Central Park North on Hammock Lane in Ormond Beach. You should all be familiar with it by now but if you need directions contact me. Talk in will, as usual, be on 147.150 MHz.

Hope to see YOU there.

73 de

Paul AB4PM

AAR FOR 23 JAN 2008

Last week was great fun. We had 11 Ops gather at Reed Canal Pak to play QRP radio. Two HF stations were set up and we successfully made 5w SSB contacts and 2w CW contacts. Jeff set up his laptop with DX Cluster software and used the park’s free WiFi network to keep us informed of activity on the bands.

73

Paul AB4PM