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AA5RO Field Day 2013 Reflections: Traveling, Setup, Media & Observations.

Follow AA5RO team traveling in Texas for Field Day at Russell Park in NW San Antonio. Learn about station setup, media coverage, and key observations from the one-day operation.

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AA5RO Field Day 2013 Reflections: Traveling, Setup, Media & Observations.

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  1. FIELD DAY 2013 AT AA5RO Roger Reini, KD8CSE September 2013

  2. Why AA5RO? • Traveling in Texas during Field Day weekend • AA5RO site on my path from west Texas to Houston • Russell Park in NW San Antonio

  3. Site Details • Public park • One-day operation, had to vacate by midnight • Used permanent pavilion for main gathering and food area

  4. Station Setup • 5A Operation: 1 CW, 1 Digital, 1 40m, 1 20m, 1 10m • Buddipole used for 20 m station – 16 ft mast • HF SSB rigs were devoted to particular bands, unlike our SSB stations

  5. Station Setup (continued) • One of two loop antennas used by the digital station • QRM on PSK was tremendous; all of the signals were on top of each other

  6. Media Coverage • One of the San Antonio TV stations paid a visit to the AA5RO operation • Report made the station website; not sure if it made the broadcast

  7. Observations on Operation • One-day operation means a top score can’t be attained; but top scores aren’t necessarily the point of Field Day • Devoting radios to particular bands seems overly limiting at first glance, but antennas can be precisely tuned

  8. Links • AARO site: http://www.aa5ro.org • AARO Field Day page: http://www.aa5ro.org/?page_id=409 • AA5RO Field Day 2013 pictures: http://www.aa5ro.org/?gallery=2013-field-day

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