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Army-Navy Ball Run route testing pre-event

11 November 1999

Thanks to Bob WB4APR for the equipment loans and friends on the 147.850 Havre De Grace and 146.720 Newark repeaters for allowing us to use them.
Participants: Grant Garcia KB3DSN
Russ (?)
Price Chadwick KB3EIM
Skip Johnson K3FOR
Bob Bruninga WB4APR

The chase vehicle was tracked on the APRS network, coordinated by voice, and used to relay SSTV pictures. Gear used were a Garmin GPS 38, Win95SSTV, a Kenwood VC-H1, a Kenwood TH-D7A, 2 Kenwood TM-251's, a Kenwood TS-790, an MFJ 1278 DSP, and a variety of laptop and desk computers. Always carry extra AA batteries!

The gang made it all back (the car almost didn't)
A school bus on I-95; grade-schoolers had to go, the midshipmen didn't (Veteran's Day)
We started an hour late because nobody knew where Philadelphia was.
Price couldn't go on the road-- he's on restriction.
Skip looks for better repeaters.
A nice truck, but not going fast enough.
As the batteries died...


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