On 10/6/2023 6:39 PM, john@kk9a.com wrote:
What a fantastic portable setup and also a great presentation.
Glen does a great job.
I am wondering where you can set up a station like that? Is it on public
land? Do you need permission?
All sorts of places. Tomorrow, we'll be in a State Park. We've done at
least a dozen county expeditions for CQP and 7QP at multiple locations
in UT, NV, and CA. Here's a slide deck I put together for multiple
setups in NV the first year we did it. k9yc.com/7QP.pdf
When planning, we make extensive use of Google Earth looking for sites,
often trying to find them on county lines. Having selected some
possibilities, we drive east to survey them; sometimes they work,
sometimes we have to poke around to find ones that do, or that are
better. We've set up on the long-abandoned construction of US50 in NV,
running parallel to the current road. We've set up on dirt/gravel roads
running alongside railroad tracks, and in the middle of a field a few
hundred yards from I80. We have rarely asked.
At least 15 years ago, before I joined the team, N6RNO found a triangle
of gravel between a 90 degree turn in a state highway and a dirt road
that turned off of it to farms/ranches. The first time he set up there,
a State Police car stopped by to see what they were doing. Turns out his
ranch was across the highway, and his property included the triangle. He
was happy to give us permission to stay there, and our team used that
location for 6-8 years. It was in Tehama County.
After having chosen our sites, we camped at the most distant, where we
operated for 2-3 hours, then moved west to the next. We've activated as
many as 6 counties in a day 7QP. And as we drove between them, W6JTI
worked CW riding shotgun to Glen in his pickup.
As we've all gotten older, we're doing only one setup. W6JTI stays home
for CQP, where he activates Humboldt Co from his mountaintop station.
Frank runs CW QRP, and often beats 100W stations in other counties.
73, Jim K9YC
John KK9A
Jim Brown K9YC wrote:
Take a look at the system we use for portable operation with mil-surplus
mast sections. It's about halfway into this link, which are slides for a
talk W6GJB did at Pacificon several years ago. He found the tripod adapter
fitting at Dayton about ten years ago. I suspect they're available online.
A dozen or so slides farther into it, Glen shows guy anchors that can be
driven almost anywhere. They're used to tie down small aircraft.
http://k9yc.com/trailer.pdf
73, Jim K9YC
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