W4FT on Amateur Radio

Are you arranging for a generator for your Field Day effort?  Then it’s time to get to work, to drag them out, test them and make sure they’re ready for Field Day.

These tips will help you in getting your small to mid-size generators ready for Field Day.  If you’re running a large generator, the kind that comes on a trailer, some of this may bot apply.  They will have additional needs anyways.  The point is that now is the time to pull the generator out and get it ready.

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W4FT at the W4DW 2008 Field Day 80m/15m SSB station

It’s that time again! Field Day 2010 is a mere 8 weeks away. Or as one of our local hams calls it, that High and Holy Day of Field! Around here, the local big gun is the Raleigh Amateur Radio Society. 

So what does all this mean? Simply that it’s time tostart working on getting everything ready. There are other web sites that will detail a broad range of preparations and I urge you to google them and get ideas.  My plan is to do a series of posts on different preparation topics. I don’t claim to be an expert, but they should get you thinking!  Read more…