EPA QRP Club Meeting & 3rd Annual Cookout!

When: Friday, June 22 to Sunday, June 24, 2007. The EPA QRP club meeting will run from
9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 23.

Who: EPA QRP members, Polar Bears and their guests are invited.

Where: French Creek State Park (southeast of Reading, PA) at organized group-tenting site #8, #9 and #10. The park is located off of PA 345 and north of PA 23.

For questions or more information contact Jon N3ZIL, please do not contact French Creek State Park for EPA QRP Field Day information. Just post a message to the EPA QRP list or send e-mail to Jon, ( n3zil @ arrl.net - you will need to type in the e-mail address and remove the spaces).

French Creek State Park is located southeast of Reading in Berks County. We have group sites 8, 9 & 10 in the primitive organized group tenting area reserved for Friday and Saturday nights. Click on the Park link, the red X is sites 8, 9 and 10. The EPA QRP club will cover the cost of organized group tenting sites 8, 9 and 10.

Each site holds up to 30 people. Members and guest are welcome to bring their tents and camp Friday and Saturday nights. The site has tall trees and works well for putting up wire antennas. There is plenty of room for pitching tents and to set up operating stations. There is no electricity at the site, so bring your batteries and solar panels. Water is located just down the hill. It is a well where we can fill up 5-gallon jugs and drive them back up to
the camp site. A "rustic" potty is located near the three sites. Alcoholic beverages and pets are prohibited at group campsites.

Members bringing their family for the weekend may wish to consider their "own" modern campsite with electricity, running water and showers close by. Boone trail connects the organized group tenting area with the regular camp grounds near Loop C. If you wish your own personal camp site, you will need to make a reservation by calling the 1-888-PA-PARKS (1-888-727-2757). You can find more information about a fishing, boating and other activities on the French Creek State Park website:
www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/parks/frenchcreek.aspx


The Plan:

Friday preparations:

The CW station will be coordinated by Ron, WB3AAL. He plans to have a Solar Power K2 linked to his Libretto computer for logging. The station will use a 140 foot doublet and a BW vertical antenna.

The SSB station will be coordinated by Jon, N3ZIL. He plans to have a K2 and ThinkPad computer for logging. The station will use a 134 foot doublet and a multi-band Jackite vertical.

The UHF/VHF station will be coordinated by Ed, K3YTR. He plans to have his Yaesu FT625RD and FT225RD rigs on 6 meter and 2 meter bands.

A Satellite station will be operated by Steve, W3HF.

We will also have limited PSK communicaitons on one of the stations.

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