“Storm Watch”
Newsletter of
NZ1U – The Barnstormers Contest Group
Volume 13 No.3,
Recruiting Effort Idea
As you all
know we have been hoping to add some new operators and helpers to the
Barnstormers. So far we have been fairly unsuccessful. I have an idea that may
help and want to know if any of you would like to help or at least offer your
opinion.
My plan
would be to hold “Open Station” days on some Saturdays in October and November
including the contest weekends. The proposed dates would be October 11 , 25 and
November 8, 22, and 29. The hours would
be between
Obviously
with my pending surgery I need help. I
would ask each of you to consider helping at sometime during these dates and
also get the word out everywhere we can. I would expect we would invite local
clubs such as BVARC and ECARA plus of course YCCC members or prospective
members not affiliated with any club.
Please
give me some feedback as soon as possible so we can make plans and get the word
out!
Projects:
I have
been asking a few of you about a reaction to my last “Storm Watch”. My intent
was not to express anger but to hopefully start everyone thinking about how we
can get motivated and progressing on our projects. One comment was well taken
and I believe I stated that the lack of progress is more my fault than any of
you. I have not been the “leader” I need to be. I haven’t set goals or done
enough pushing to get things moving. Well, I hope that stops now and I get us
on the track to better scores and more fun.
As usual,
the upstairs and operating stations are a mess. I have begun to clean and
organize but things have been slow. This
will speed up. Upstairs we need to complete the moving and upgrading of the
computers. Jay has started and now with the September VHF contest gone by this
needs to be finished quickly. I suspect Jay will move on this and being
upstairs everyone can help move equipment, ground new computers and just
general setup. I will check with Jay and see when he would like help however
some weeknights might be on the schedule.
Second
Station 3 &4 still need the Rigblaster power strip we purchased last year
installed. Removing the MFJ strips and rewiring the equipment with new cable.
Again inside so weeknights and rainy weekends are a great time to work on this.
The
two projects above need to be completed by October 11th.
Outside we
need the brush cleared now!!! We would like to get the guy anchors in as soon
as possible. Watch for an e-mail for the dates and time we need brush
haulers. The timetable
for this was yesterday!
The new
listening antenna needs installing. Anyone volunteer to tackle this job?
Finally,
regarding the above work, if any of you want to offer to come anytime and not
wait for me to sound the bugle please let me know. We all don’t have the same
time available but we all must have some time available.
This is
short but important “Storm Watch”. Be
prepared for more……
73 Dick