OX2K ACTION POINTS
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OLE B. SKIPPER | |
EDR Frederiksund | |
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| Number | Description | Opened by | Responsible | Deadline |
| 042 | Sponsor statement Contact potential sponsors to hear if they want to sponsor or not. 2000-04-30: Heil status? 2000-05-17: 2 m antennas sent. |
OZ1FTU | OZ2Q | |
| 053 | Logo What does the logo look like? |
OZ2M | OZ2Q | 2000-04-15 |
| 054 | Site layout in Autocad Draft site layout is made. Who can make this in Autocad? Relevant for later expeditions. |
OX3HI | OZ1DJJ | |
CLOSED ACTION POINTS
| Number | Description | Opened by | Responsible | Deadline |
| 001 | Log readable on the Internet Make it possible to read the log on QSL net. Access should be setup before deadline. QSL.Net ready. Now awaiting logs. |
OZ2ELA | OZ2M | Closed |
| 002 | H-frames clamps Make H-frames clamps for 144 MHz, 432 MHz, 1,3 GHz. No H-frame needed on 23 cm as only the dish will be used. Awaiting dimensions from OX3HI. Tubes and clamps will be purchased in Denmark. OZ7YK awaiting clamps from OZ2ELA. Tube dimensions found. What size does the clamps need to be? 30 x 30 cm2. Plates an d clamps finished. |
OZ2ELA | OZ1FIT | Closed |
| 003 | H-frame sizes Before H-frames can be made stacking distances must be found. However, this depends upon antenna types. 144 MHz: 2" tubes, horizontal spacing: 4,56 m, vertical spacing 4,35 m. 432 MHz: 2" tubes, horizontal spacing: 1,78 m, vertical spacing 1,70 m. See also this picture. |
OZ2ELA | OZ1DJJ | Closed |
| 004 | 2 x 0,5 m x 60 mm tubes for HF 1 and 6 m Two small pieces of tube are needed between the rotators and antennas. Located on site. |
OZ2ELA | OX3HI | Closed |
| 005 | Guy wires for towers Four sets of guy wires are needed. Lengths? OX3HI has 200 m available and the towers are already supported. |
OZ2ELA | OX3HI | Closed |
| 006 | Number of towers How many towers do we need taking the HF rombic into account? Do we use the 144 MHz H-frame for 23 cm back-up also? No H-frame will be needed for 23 cm as only the dish will be used. |
OZ2M | OZ1DJJ OZ2ELA |
Closed |
| 007 | Counter weights for H-frames Various weights are needed. Is it possible to use small rocks found locally, rather than flying in dead weigth? Water may be used. Counter weights already made on site. Clamps and extra tubes are also there to attach weigths. |
OZ2ELA | OZ7YK | Closed |
| 008 | Heating in operations room Silent heating is preferred in the radio room. Heating already present. |
OZ2ELA | OX3HI | Closed |
| 009 | Mounting rotators on towers Pre mount rotators on each tower to save installation time. Awaiting rotator, cable already mounted. 3 x G-5600 B + G-2800 rotore on site. |
OZ2ELA | OX3HI | Closed |
| 010 | Sweatshirts Make sweatshirts and caps. Economics? Price is available from OZ2Q. |
OZ2ELA | OZ2Q | Closed |
| 011 | Chairs, tables etc. in operations rooms Find chairs, tables, light and fuses for the radio rooms. Already present. |
OZ2ELA | OX3HI | Closed |
| 012 | QSL cards Find sponsor and get cards printed. Preferably before expedition starts. If printed before the expedition starts then no prictures from the expedition can be printed on them. Sponser(s) identified. |
OZ2ELA | OZ2Q | Closed |
| 013 | Log program Find log program sponsor and ensure that every operator can get a free copy too. VQLog will be used as log program. Contact OZ1DJJ to get your access code. Download it here (10 MB). |
OZ2ELA | OZ1DJJ | Closed |
| 014 | Station pre-assembly, 50 MHz Assemble station including everything that have to be send to site prior to packing. Band team to assist. Preassembly completed. See the setup here. |
OZ2M | OZ2M | Closed |
| 015 | Station pre-assembly, 144 MHz Assemble station including everything that have to be send to site prior to packing. Band team to assist. Currently the pre-amp setup is incomplete. How about pre-amp control cable? 2000-04-28: Combiner has arrived. 2000-04-30: Missing: PA, sequenzer, pre-amp setup (OZ1FTU). Complted and sent. |
OZ2M | OZ1DJJ | Closed |
| 016 | Station pre-assembly, 432 MHz Assemble station including everything that have to be send to site prior to packing. Band team to assist. Currently the pre-amp setup is incomplete. How about pre-amp control cable? 2000-04-28: Antennas and combiner have arrived. 2000-04-30: Missing: Power supply, pre-amp. Everything tested. |
OZ2M | OZ2ELA | Closed |
| 017 | Station pre-assembly, 1,3 GHz Assemble station including everything that have to be send to site prior to packing. Band team to assist. Everything is ready in the Dutch part of the setup. The Danish part of the setup is expected to be ready for shipment 2000-04-29. |
OZ2M | OZ1FTU PA5DD |
Closed |
| 018 | Station pre-assembly, HF 1 Assemble station including everything that have to be send to site prior to packing. Band team to assist. Will be tested 2000-04-13, 1930 at the EDR Amager Premises. Mostly done. Only CW keyer is missing. |
OZ2M | OZ1JSH | Closed |
| 019 | Station pre-assembly, HF 2 Assemble station including everything that have to be send to site prior to packing. Band team to assist. Will be tested 2000-04-13, 1930 at the EDR Amager Premises. Mostly done. Only filters and antenna switch is missing. Does anyone have a switch? OZ1FQ suggests that a 10 MHz filter is used as this setup is only used for 160 m - 40 m. OZ1FQ will make a balun for 80 m and 160 m. Dipoles for 40 m and 80 m needes to be adjusted on iste. OZ2Q will ensure that logprogram is running. |
OZ2M | OZ1FQ | Closed |
| 020 | QSL manager QSL manager is needed. Allis, OZ1ACB, has agreed to be QSL Manager. |
OZ2ELA | OZ2ELA | Closed |
| 021 | Pre amplifiers Low noise preamps are needed for 144 MHz, 432 MHz and 1,3 GHz. OZ2ELA: will be received before 2000-03-01. |
OZ2ELA | OZ2ELA | Closed |
| 022 | Team assignments All radio amateurs have to be assigned to a team, i.e. 6 m, 2 m, 70 cm, 2, HF 1 or HF2. All hams assigned to teams. |
OZ2M | All | Closed |
| 023 | Bank account number Open bank account. Sponsor bank account is Unibank Denmark, Reg. no. 2261, account number 8965-874-144. |
OZ2Q | OZ2Q | Closed |
| 024 | Address selected sponsors Write a letter to selected sponsors to hear about possibilities. Letters sent. |
OZ2Q | OZ2Q | Closed |
| 025 | Bandpass filter to HF Are bandpass filters needed for HF 1 and HF2? Yes, HF1 and HF2 teams must bring relevant filters. OZ1FQ wil make a high pass filter for HF2. |
OZ1JSH | OZ1FQ | Closed |
| 026 | Equipment back in Denmark When can equipment be expected to be back in Denmark? No date is given, however, first available flight. |
OZ1JSH | OZ2ELA | Closed |
| 027 | Dish control How can we control the steering of the Kellyville dish? Can we use a PC to control tracking? Tracking is already present. |
OZ2M | OZ1DJJ OZ2ELA |
Closed |
| 028 | Magazine notification Inform relevant magazines about the expedition. OZ1FTU has a list from previous events. Done. |
PA5DD | OZ1FTU OZ2Q |
Closed |
| 029 | Clothing What clothing to bring? Temperature is around 10 deg. However, can vary from 0 to 20 deg. Bring autumn clothing and a pair of strong hiking boots. Check AP055 ox2kinfo.zip |
OZ1JSH | OZ2ELA | Closed |
| 030 | Internet Ensure access to the Internet. Done. |
OX3HI | OX3HI | Closed |
| 031 | 144 MHz repeater Any idea in setting up a 2 m repeater. If so, OX3HI has all the necessary bits except the crystals. If the repeater is active it has to switched off when working EME an 2 m, and probably also 70 cm? Will not be operational. |
OX3HI | ? | Closed |
| 032 | Satellite operation Should we be active on satellite? If so, antennas are missing. If we want to be active on satellite we will use OX3HI's own setup. |
OX3HI | Closed | |
| 033 | Group meeting Grope meeting in EDR Frederiksund. Time will be announced later. The meeting will start at 1200 and end around 1700. Agenda here. |
OZ1DJJ | All | Closed |
| 034 | H-frames tubes Get right size tubes for H-frames for 144 MHz, 432 MHz. See 002. Prices for alu-tubes are: 6 m �50 * 2 mm = 145 kr 6 m �50 * 5 mm = 355 kr 6 m �60 * 3 mm = 260 kr 6 m �60 * 5 mm = 425 kr |
OZ2M | OX3HI | Closed |
| 035 | Transportation of PAs Check alternative transportation of large PAs. In contact with DAF. All coordination must be taken care of by OZ1JSH. |
OZ2ELA | OZ7YK | Closed |
| 036 | Personal belongings What kind of personal belongings must everybody bring. Check AP055 ox2kinfo.zip |
OZ2Q | OZ2ELA | Closed |
| 037 | Ticket Will we receive individual tickets or a group ticket? Will they be sent to participants? Everybody will get an inividual ticket. |
OZ2Q | OZ2ELA | Closed |
| 038 | Site layout Provide a blue print of the site and where antennas are to be located. Dalayed due to bad weather. Draft now ready, needs to be drawn in e.g. Autocad. Anyone good with Autocad? See AP 054. |
OZ1DJJ | OX3HI | Closed |
| 039 | Sweatshirts and other merchandise Get prices/find sponsor for sweatshirts, t-shirts, caps etc. Contact OZ2Q concerning prices. |
OZ2ELA | OZ1BNN | Closed |
| 040 | Design logo Design the logo for sweatshirts etc. Logo designed, but where is it? |
OZ2Q | OZ2Q | Closed |
| 041 | Quantities for sweatshirts etc. Everybody are to inform OZ2Q of how many items they want. See list here. Also remember to pay OZ2Q ASAP. |
OZ2Q | All | Closed |
| 043 | 6 m antenna Which and how many antennas to use on 6 m? One 4 el. will be used. |
OZ2ELA | OZ2M | Closed |
| 044 | EME procedures Describe the EME procedure OX2K will follow. Split operation etc. Random and skeds. Completed. See document here. |
OZ1DJJ | OZ1FTU | Closed |
| 045 | EME tracking Which program and interface to use NOVA for windows will be used. |
OZ1DJJ | OZ1FTU | Closed |
| 046 | Operator schedule Who operates when? Make draft. Suggested shift is 2 hours for HF and 4 hours above. Send your request to OZ2Q. Schedule is impossible to make! |
OZ2Q | All | Closed |
| 047 | Station info Make station sign with OX2K details. Sign in file here. |
OZ1JSH | OZ1JSH | Closed |
| 048 | First aid kit Get a first aid kit. OZ5RZ has collected First Aid stuff from Falck etc. Everybody are to bring own medicine if needed, e.g. penicillin, sulfa tabletts, tarivid 400 mg, Hexokain, Strepsil etc. |
OZ2Q | OZ5RZ | Closed |
| 049 | Emergency procedures What, who and where to call in case of an emergency. A list with relevant telephone number is available on site. |
OZ1CBW | OX3HI | Closed |
| 050 | Log setup Define how the log program has to be setup, so that all programs behave the same. See the parameters here 1, 2, 3 and 4. Own name has to be own or OX2 :-) |
OZ2M | OZ1PIF | Closed |
| 051 | SWR for logperiodic Please provide a SWR sheet for the log periodic, at least for the amateur bands. The log periodic antenna will not be used. Instead the traditional HF beam will be used. SWR traces provided to OZ1JSH. |
OZ1JSH | OX3HI | Closed |
| 052 | Packing of HF PAs Packing of the HF PAs and purchasing of transport cases. Boxes are purchased. Shipment will take place in week 17. |
OZ2ELA | OZ1JSH | Closed |
| 055 | Group meeting 2000-04-30 Next group meeting will take place Sunday 2000-04-30 in EDR Frederiksund. See some practical information here. |
OZ2Q | All | Closed |
| 056 | 50 MHz antenna Has the 50 MHz antenna been assembled already? Otherwise element guide holes must be made. Antenna tested and is working. |
OZ1PIF | OZ1PIF | Closed |
| 057 | CW keyers Check CW keyers availability. And accurate clocks. PA5DD will bring one GPS. Every band is to bring relevant keyer and manipulator etc. |
OZ2M | OZ2M | Closed |
| 058 | Headset converter Make converter cable from OZ1PIF VK box to Heil headset. Done. |
OZ1PIF | OZ2M | Closed |
| 059 | 50 MHz antenna setup What is the distance from the antenna clamps to the rotator? Distance is need in order to prepare cable. Distance is identified and cable will be made when on site. Feeder and rotator cables already in place. Antenna etc. will be mounted in about three hours. |
OZ1PIF | OZ2ELA | Closed |
| 060 | Elevation tubes We are in urgent need for two �42 mm steen tubes for the elevation rotators. Already found on site and in Denmark. Those in DK will be shipped on first flight. |
OZ1FTU | All | Closed |
| 061 | Collecting gear Just before shipment, all packed gear, must be collected. Date will be announced later. Packing List is here. First shipment is 2000-05-02, 1000 DST. Gear must be handed over to OZ1JSH no later than 2000-04-30 with a complete Packing List. Must be boxed! |
OZ2ELA | OZ1JSH | Closed |
| 062 | HF operation Everybody must prepare for the operation. Here is a document describing HF and splitoperation etc. |
OZ2Q | OZ2Q | Closed |
| 063 | Antenna switch Find switch capable of handling full HF power. Switch found. |
OZ1JSH | OZ1JSH | Closed |
| 064 | Nylon guy wires Purchase 500 m nylon guy wire. Purchased and ready for shipping. |
OZ2ELA | OZ1FDH | Closed |
| 065 | CMOS keyer manual Bring a copy of manual, and mini manual also to site. See it here. |
OZ1PIF | OZ1JSH | Closed |
| 066 | Log distribution procedure Make a procedure for collecting QSO data and distributing it to QSL.NET First proposal made. Final proposal: Ved hvert operat�r skift g�res f�lgende: V�lg File Menu-> Export Logbook->Export in ADIF format Der v�lges Directory(bibliotek) "Back-Up" og filnavn i format: Station-Dato-tid(n�rmeste hele time).ADI, f.eks. HF2-30-14.ADI Mulige stationsvalg: HF1, HF2, 50, 144, 432, 1296 Efter meddelelse "Expotation succesful" klikkes p� OK Tilsidst skrives eget kaldesignal i feltet: "Remarks", og VQlog er klar til brug NB: (kun for HF operat�rer) Husk at kontrollere om feltet "Frequency(MHz)" er korrekt udfyldt. |
OZ1PIF | OZ1PIF OZ2M |
Closed |
