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Subject: [SECC] Possible FD site
From: wb4sq at yahoo.com (Gary McConville)
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 17:29:27 -0700 (PDT)
I've rented a cabin in Blue Ridge, GA.  A/C, satellite TV, phone, beds,
showers, etc...  elevation 2000 ft with plenty of antenna sites.

Gary - WB4SQ

--- John Laney <k4bai at worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> Jeff:
> 
> I've been to the Mountain Top Inn several times.  You may want to
> drive 
> through there and look.  My recollection is that the cabins are right
> on 
> top of each other.  A gasoline generator would probably disturb the 
> sleep of everybody else there.  Maybe we could get enough battery 
> powered rigs?  I don't seem to recall much room for antennas at any
> one 
> cabin.  Maybe it would be possible to get a cabin or two on one end
> with 
> some woods nearby, but my recollection is that the cabins are
> generally 
> below the ridgeline and not particularly suited for antennas.
> 
> Actually the cabins at the FDR State Park are probably more down in a
> 
> hole than the ones at Mountain Top, but they are more separated.  We
> had 
> plenty of room for separate dipoles for at least 80, 40, and 20 when
> we 
> did GQP from there in 1968.  But, we didn't try to run a gasoline 
> generator in the park.  There were some cabins on top of the ridge,
> but 
> they were in disrepair and were not for rent at the time.  I have
> some 
> recollection that these might have been renovated since then.  They 
> would be better located as to terrain, but I don't remember any trees
> 
> near them that could be used to hang antennas on.
> 
> I feel still commited to the CARC.  If I were free to do a SECC FD, I
> 
> might be willing to pay for several extra days for a cabin and might 
> take a short vacation prior to or after FD.
> 
> There are also A frame cabins available on the road between Pine 
> Mountain and Interstate 185 (Pine Mountain Chalets), but, again, they
> 
> are pretty close together and a generator would probably be frowned
> on. 
>   There are also at least two other cabin rental places near
> Calloway, 
> but I don't remember their names at the moment.
> 
> 73,
> 
> John.
> 
> 
> 
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