<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">"Brian D. Smith" <<a href="mailto:bdsmith@indy.net" class="">bdsmith@indy.net</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Field Day Fact Sheet</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">June 18, 2019 at 6:46:49 PM EDT<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">"Jim Keeth" <<a href="mailto:af9a.jimk@gmail.com" class="">af9a.jimk@gmail.com</a>><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class="">
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<div style="TEXT-DECORATION: ; FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; DISPLAY: inline" class=""><b class=""><span style="FONT-FAMILY: ; BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; BACKGROUND-REPEAT: repeat; BACKGROUND-ATTACHMENT: scroll; BACKGROUND-POSITION: 0% 0%; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri" class=""><font style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff00" color="#9b00d3" face="Bookman Old Style" class=""><font style="FONT-SIZE: 22pt" class="">Greetings, Indy United Field Day
team!</font></font></span></b><span style="COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri" class=""><font style="FONT-SIZE: 22pt" class=""> </font></span><span style="COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: calibri" class=""></span></div>
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<div style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: " class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri" class=""></span><span style="COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: calibri" class=""></span> </p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class="">First
of all, sincere thanks for committing to be a part of the Indy United ARC Field
Day operation (and special gratitude to those who’ve donated to help the
effort). With a little cooperation from the weather, we could very well wind up
as Indiana’s best Field Day team in history – and maybe even No. 1 in Class 3A!
(And in a subsequent email I’ll tell you how we’re going to make that
happen.) </span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class=""></span> </p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class=""><strong class=""><font style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff00" class="">With Field Day Week underway, I wanted to pass
along some important information.</font></strong> Since some of you have never
even seen our Field Day site in a satellite photo, let alone operated from
there, this email contains an array of info that you should find useful.
</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class=""></span> </p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class="">And
since our team consists of new hams as well as veteran contesters, I’m including
basic Field Day info for the benefit of our GOTA (Get On The Air station)
operators. Welcome aboard, one and all! Let’s answer some frequently asked
questions: </span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class=""></span> </p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;" class=""><b class=""><span style="COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class=""><font style="COLOR: #9b00d3" class="">1. WHAT’S OUR FIELD DAY SITE LIKE?</font></span></b><span style="COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class="">From
a Field Day operator’s standpoint, about as good as it gets in Indiana. Victor
Conservation Club (VCC) is a scenic, family-friendly, radio-friendly 40-acre
fenced property with a clubhouse and a shelter house, indoor restrooms, a
kitchen, no significant line noise, and a nearly 900-foot hilltop vantage point
to launch our signals from. With the closest major highway 200 feet below us,
this is an opportunity to enjoy some rare air! </span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class=""></span> </p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;" class=""><b class=""><span style="COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class=""><font style="COLOR: #9b00d3" class="">2. HOW DO YOU GET THERE?</font></span></b><span style="COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class="">The
street address is 6675 Red Day Road, Martinsville, but if you find yourself
entering that city, you’ve gone too far. VCC is located off State Road 67 near
the community of Centerton, just south of Mooresville, so most of us can get
there on a major highway. </span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class=""></span> </p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class="">When
you come to the stoplight at Robb Hill Road and State Road 67, turn west toward
the gas station and continue straight up the hill (your vehicle will suddenly
point upward) till you come to Red Day Road. Take a right and keep your eye on
the right side of the road; you’ll soon see the 6675 mailbox and the Victor
Conservation Club sign – your</span><span style="COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class="">
cue to head up the driveway to the front gate. </span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class=""></span> </p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;" class=""><b class=""><span style="COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class=""><font style="COLOR: #9b00d3" class="">3. WHAT ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT TIMES ON THE SCHEDULE
(BESIDES OPERATING SHIFTS)?</font></span></b><span style="COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class=""> </span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class=""></span> </p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;" class=""><font style="COLOR: #00b050" class=""><b class=""><span style="COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class="">Set-up:</span></b><span style="COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class="">
</span></font><span style="COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class="">Begins
at </span><b class=""><span style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; BACKGROUND-REPEAT: repeat; BACKGROUND-ATTACHMENT: scroll; BACKGROUND-POSITION: 0% 0%; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class=""><font style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff00" color="#ff0000" class="">4 p.m.
Friday</font></span></b><span style="COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class="">
and will continue through the daylight hours (and possibly beyond). For those
working till 5 p.m., etc., it’s OK to arrive late if you want to lend a
hand. </span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class=""></span> </p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;" class=""><font style="COLOR: #00b050" class=""><b class=""><span style="COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class="">Field
Day arrival time:</span></b><span style="COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class=""> </span></font><span style="COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class="">Most
of us will be there by </span><b class=""><span style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; BACKGROUND-REPEAT: repeat; BACKGROUND-ATTACHMENT: scroll; BACKGROUND-POSITION: 0% 0%; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class=""><font style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff00" color="#ff0000" class="">10 a.m.
Saturday</font></span></b><span style="COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class="">,
and if you’re a GOTA operator, you should try to do the same. Sometime around
10:30 or 11 a.m. Saturday, we’re planning on holding an orientation session for
GOTA ops and anybody else who’d like a few tips on efficient contest-style
operating.<b class=""><span style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; BACKGROUND-REPEAT: repeat; BACKGROUND-ATTACHMENT: scroll; BACKGROUND-POSITION: 0% 0%" class=""><font style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff00" class=""> (Note to veteran Field Day
ops</font></span></b>, especially those driving more than an hour and/or
</span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class="">who
aren’t <span style="COLOR: " class="">scheduled to operate immediately: We’ll leave it to
you to decide your schedule, but please let me know – if you haven’t already –
that you’ll be arriving close to, or after, 2 p.m. Saturday.)</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class=""></span> </p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;" class=""><b class=""><span style="COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class=""><font style="COLOR: #00b050" class="">Official Start of Field Day: </font></span></b><span style="COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class="">Our
transmitters will hit the airwaves at<b class=""> </b></span><b class=""><span style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; BACKGROUND-REPEAT: repeat; BACKGROUND-ATTACHMENT: scroll; BACKGROUND-POSITION: 0% 0%; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class=""><font style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff00" color="#ff0000" class="">2 p.m.
Saturday</font></span></b><span style="COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class="">
and continue for 24 straight hours. </span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class=""></span> </p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;" class=""><b class=""><span style="COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class=""><font style="COLOR: #00b050" class="">Teardown: </font></span></b><span style="COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class="">Begins
promptly at </span><b class=""><span style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; BACKGROUND-REPEAT: repeat; BACKGROUND-ATTACHMENT: scroll; BACKGROUND-POSITION: 0% 0%; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class=""><font style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff00" color="#ff0000" class="">2 p.m. Sunday
</font></span></b><span style="COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class="">and
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal" class="">must</b> be completed in 2
hours!</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class=""></span> </p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;" class=""><b class=""><span style="COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class=""><font style="COLOR: #00b050" class="">Vacating the premises: </font></span></b><span style="COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class="">We
have to pack up, clean up and clear out by </span><b class=""><span style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; BACKGROUND-REPEAT: repeat; BACKGROUND-ATTACHMENT: scroll; BACKGROUND-POSITION: 0% 0%; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class=""><font style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff00" color="#ff0000" class="">4 p.m.
Sunday</font></span></b><span style="COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class="">,
since our agreement with VCC gives us access the property for 48 hours (4 p.m.
Friday-4 p.m. Sunday).</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class=""></span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt"><b class=""><span style="COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class=""><font style="COLOR: #9b00d3" class="">4. HOW CAN YOU CONTACT THE FIELD DAY
COORDINATOR?</font></span></b><span style="COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class=""><span style="mso-spacerun: yes" class=""> </span></span><span class=""><span style="mso-spacerun: yes" class=""> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt" class="">I’m Brian, W9IND, and my cell phone number is <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal" class=""><span style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; BACKGROUND-REPEAT: repeat; BACKGROUND-ATTACHMENT: scroll; BACKGROUND-POSITION: 0% 0%; mso-highlight: yellow" class=""><font style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff00" class="">317-506-1980</font></span></b>. You can text
me at that number also, but I don’t have email set up on it and won’t be
reachable by email after Saturday morning. Feel free to leave a voice mail if I
don’t answer and it’s not urgent. And if I don’t answer and you need to reach
someone from our leadership team immediately, try <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal" class=""><span style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; BACKGROUND-REPEAT: repeat; BACKGROUND-ATTACHMENT: scroll; BACKGROUND-POSITION: 0% 0%; mso-highlight: yellow" class=""><font style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff00" class="">Dale Hammer, K9NN, at
317-366-2371</font></span></b>. </span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 12pt;" class=""><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt" class=""></span> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><b class=""><span style="COLOR: ; LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class=""><font style="COLOR: #9b00d3" class="">5. HOW CAN THE FIELD DAY COORDINATOR CONTACT
YOU?</font></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal" class=""><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt" class=""> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt" class="">If you haven’t already given me your cell phone
number, please email it to me in the next couple of days. I want to be able to
contact each of you in a hurry if I need to. </span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 12pt;" class=""><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt" class=""></span> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><b class=""><span style="COLOR: ; LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class=""><font style="COLOR: #9b00d3" class="">6. WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED TO DO?</font></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal" class=""><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt" class="">
</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt" class="">1. <strong class="">Print and sign the attached waiver from VCC
</strong>(it’s a standard release) and bring it with you to Field
Day.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt" class="">2. <strong class="">Join Indy United ARC.</strong> (We’ll have
sign-up sheets at VCC.) You don’t have to join Indy United (you’ll be a part of
the Field Day team either way), but unless you’re a member, you won’t be covered
by our ARRL club liability insurance. So, in the rare event that you get sued
personally for something that happens on Field Day – say, you drop an antenna on
somebody’s brand-new Porsche – you’ll be covered. </span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 12pt;" class=""><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt" class=""></span> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt"><b class=""><span style="COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class=""><font style="COLOR: #9b00d3" class="">7. WILL THERE BE LUNCH/DINNER/BREAKFAST?
</font></span></b><span style="COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class=""></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt" class="">Far be it from us to ask some of our loyal team
members to drive 90 minutes or more and not have anything to eat for all their
time and talent. You can expect plenty of protein-packed carnivorous cuisine,
such as pulled pork sandwiches, KFC chicken and sausage-and-egg breakfast
biscuits, to fuel your fires. However, if you’re on a special diet or have a
favorite snack or beverage (non-alcoholic, please), you’re welcome to BYO. Just
remember that refrigerator space is limited. </span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 12pt;" class=""><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt" class=""></span> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><b class=""><span style="COLOR: ; LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class=""><font style="COLOR: #9b00d3" class="">8. SO THE VCC CLUBHOUSE HAS A FRIDGE. WHAT ELSE DOES IT
HAVE (AND NOT HAVE)?</font></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal" class=""><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt" class="">
</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt" class="">A stove, a microwave and a coffeemaker. A large front
room where we’ll set up our Phone/Flex Station, CW Station #2 and the VHF
Station. And best of all, indoor restrooms (although there’s also an outdoor
version near the shelter house). </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt" class="">The clubhouse does not have hot water, but we can
always heat water in the microwave. And it isn’t air conditioned, but we’ll have
fans moving the air around. </span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 12pt;" class=""><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt" class=""></span> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><b class=""><span style="COLOR: ; LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class=""><font style="COLOR: #9b00d3" class="">9. ANYTHING ELSE I NEED TO BRING?</font></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal" class=""><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt" class="">A ham radio
name/callsign badge</span></b><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt" class=""> if you have one –
there are plenty of new faces on this squad, so wear it with pride.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal" class=""><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt" class="">Lawn
chairs</span></b><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt" class="">, which come in handy when
you’re off the air and relaxing outside. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal" class=""><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt" class="">A favorite
pillow or cushion</span></b><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt" class="">, which can soften
the effects of several hours in an operating seat -- as well as a sleeping bag.
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal" class=""><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt" class="">Mosquito
repellant</span></b><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt" class="">, a must this year: On a
recent visit to VCC, we saw more of the pesky insects than in 2018. But DEET
should probably be avoided, since it’s been known to damage rubber and plastic
objects (like the kind found on radios).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt" class="">And don’t forget <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal" class="">sunscreen</b>. (We’ll get some sunshine
this weekend, just keep the faith!)</span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 12pt;" class=""><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt" class=""></span> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 12pt;" class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><b class=""><span style="COLOR: ; LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class=""><font style="COLOR: #9b00d3" class="">10. WHERE CAN I PARK? </font></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold" class="">The
parking area is in front (south side) of the clubhouse near the front door.
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><b class=""><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class="">DO
NOT PARK </span></b><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold" class="">in
the area on the left (west) side of the clubhouse; it has a drainage problem
(and will likely be marked off with yellow tape).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes" class=""> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><b class=""><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class="">ANOTHER
NO-NO:</span></b><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold" class="">
Don’t follow VCC’s main road all the way to its southern end. That’s the VCC
members’ campground, and it’s off limits to us this weekend. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><b class=""><span style="COLOR: ; LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class=""><font style="COLOR: #9b00d3" class=""></font></span></b> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><b class=""><span style="COLOR: ; LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class=""><font style="COLOR: #9b00d3" class="">11. CAN I CAMP ON THE PROPERTY? </font></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class="">Yes,
tent camping is permitted on the property. The camping area is in front of the
trees between the clubhouse and the RV. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class="">And
here’s a special bonus: One of our GOTA ops plans to bring his fifth wheel and
offer sleeping space to teammates who need a snooze in a quiet place.
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><b class=""><span style="COLOR: ; LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class=""><font style="COLOR: #9b00d3" class=""></font></span></b> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><b class=""><span style="COLOR: ; LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class=""><font style="COLOR: #9b00d3" class="">12. WHAT ELSE SHOULD I KNOW?</font></span></b><span style="COLOR: ; LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class=""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class="">Please
clean up after yourself. Don’t toss chicken bones, cigarette butts, etc., on the
ground or leave water bottles, food wrappers and other trash around your station
when you’re finished operating. Our damage deposit depends on leaving the
property the way we found it. And we’d like to return for Field Day
2020!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><b class=""><span style="COLOR: ; LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class=""><font style="COLOR: #9b00d3" class=""></font></span></b> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><b class=""><span style="COLOR: ; LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class=""><font style="COLOR: #9b00d3" class="">13. AND FINALLY … </font></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class="">Planning
for Field Day 2019 has been underway since the end of Field Day 2018, and
particularly since November, when we found out how well we’d done: 3rd in Class
3A, our best showing ever. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class="">That’s
when a few of us (notably Bob Avritt, N7CZ) began wondering aloud whether we
were capable of an even higher finish. Could we seriously challenge the big dogs
in our division, North Fulton ARL and Rochester DX Association, for a title that
one or the other of them has won every year since 2012? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes" class=""> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class="">The
numbers say we can – as I’ll explain in my next email – but it’s up to all of us
to put the Q’s on the scoreboard. I genuinely believe this is the strongest
Field Day effort that Indiana has ever seen: We’ve got grizzled contesters and
eager rookies … a dedicated FT8 station on 6 meters … two K3’s and an IC-7300
... double extended Zepp antennas … and a phenomenal location with a clubhouse
and a shelter house, as well as our own RV. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class="">Like
our own version of “The Magnificent Seven,” we’ve got CW gunslingers from across
the state riding into town to join forces with some of the best ops from
Indianapolis. Yes, we are definitely Indy United! </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class="">Now
it’s time to stop envisioning and start demonstrating that our Hoosier
contingent can outgun anybody in Class 3A, including the defending champs and
the former champs. Let’s have fun, hit the bands hard, and bring home Indiana’s
first major Field Day title since 1990. And break the all-time Indiana Field Day
record of 12,676 points in the process! </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class="">At
our first meeting of the year, I quoted Kurt Russell’s pre-game speech in
“Miracle,” the movie about the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team. I’m going to end
with an excerpt from that same inspirational talk, which seems especially
appropriate now: </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class="">“<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal" class=""><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal" class="">You
were meant to be here tonight … Their time is done. It's over … This is your
time. Now go out there and take it!”</i></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal" class=""><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal" class=""><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class=""></span></i></b> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal" class=""><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal" class=""><span style="COLOR: ; LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class=""><font style="COLOR: #ff0000" class="">TNX, 73 and GL to all,</font></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal" class=""><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal" class=""><span style="COLOR: ; LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class=""><font style="COLOR: #ff0000" class="">Brian D. Smith, W9IND</font></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal" class=""><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal" class=""><span style="COLOR: ; LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class=""><font style="COLOR: #ff0000" class="">Field Day Coordinator,</font></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal" class=""><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal" class=""><span style="COLOR: ; LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" class=""><font style="COLOR: #ff0000" class="">Indy United
ARC</font></span></i></b></p></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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