[WARC] Some Field Day 2009 Misc. Notes

[Len Litvan]

 - The Sportsmen's Club Board has asked that we STAY OUT OF THE SOYBEAN 
FIELD this year.  QSL, everyone???

 - Based on lessons learned last year, please bring equipment with 
PowerPole connectors or adapters this year.  That would be consistent 
with good current EMCOMM preparation anyway...

 - Dick Lindner suggested it be a requirement that everyone bring their 
own headphones and splitters so that everyone can listen (on speaker) 
but people who are operating can actually hear their QSOs.  This is a 
good point.  Please bring your headphones and splitters.  WHO CAN BRING 
SOME EXTERNAL SPEAKERS????

 - Keeping in mind that one of the purposes of field day is to operate 
under unfamiliar circumstances similar to a true emergency situation, it 
might be good if we would make an effort to rotate operators amongst the 
rigs this year--op for a period on one rig and then circulate to other 
rigs for awhile.  This practice would expose ops to different rigs and 
provide an opportunity for more people to operate/participate (no one 
hogs rig time).  Field Day is a learning opportunity!

 - We ought to develop a more complete operator schedule--particularly 
for the over-night hours and early Sunday hours.  The practice of having 
only one op at the site over night is not very good from a safety/health 
standpoint.  We can address the op schedule for those non-peak times at 
the June club meeting.

Anyone have more pointers or ideas?  Please feel free to post them.

Sincerely & 73,
Len Litvan  KC0RSX
"When the rate of change inside an institution becomes slower
 than the rate of change outside, the end is in sight."
 -- Jack Welch