KF3M	Hanover Area Hamming Association Hanover, Pennsylvania

June Club Meeting

June 12, 2008.

This was our Get Ready For Field Day program. The goals for this meeting was to get together and build the Carolina Windom antenna, set up a station and check it out and to get the transceiver and logging computer talking to each other. Our information was that the antenna was a bag of parts. We would have to build an antenna from these parts. It did come in a plastic bag, but was completely assembled and ready to go. So we pulled it up between a friendly tree and the BBQ pavilion. It worked great. So we had lots of time left to set up the computer control. After a lot of button pushing, the IC-735 and the N3FJP logging program never did talk to each other. It did work with the Ham Radio Deluxe program. We are still thinking about that one. Ralph, N3KZS, took some good pictures of the evening. Thanks Ralph.

	It is agreed. We will run the Carolina Windom that direction.
	First we stretch out the wire.
	Then we connect the feedline.
	The Design Review Board approves the installation.
	Don't even ask.
	We have never lost a BBQ pavilion during field day. Practice makes perfect.
	Except for the tower and a generator, we had enough equipment for field day.

After we were completely exhausted at trying to get the computer/transceiver connection working (so what is new) and we ate all of the refreshments (so what is new) we disbanded for the evening. See you at Field Day

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