Jonathan Mars is a young
man that is battling cancer. As everyone knows, medical bills in
general are expensive and for treatment of cancer are phenomenal.
Thus, the Jonathan Mars fund raiser. This was the third year for
Jonathan and the club was invited to attend this years event.
Preparation started early
Saturday morning at 30 degrees. No not antenna angle, AIR
temperature. Not to worry though, as the unloading of the tables ,
chairs, and equipment, not to mention the hot biscuits 'n' sausage
(compliments of N5JCG) things soon warmed up. It really didn't
take long to get set up and start making contacts and greeting
people. John Ziller was the first to grab a contact on CW. It
wasn't long before he had several contacts and six different
states. We also made SSB contacts throughout the USA and even made
a contact with DL1CMB, a fellow amateur in Germany.
There were lots of activities
and food around. The sun was bright and the afternoon warmed up
considerably. We met new people and visited with old friends. We
may have sparked an old ham of 45 years in ham radio to get back
on the air after being off the air for 10 years. Good deal huh?
Mike, N5VWS took some real nice pictures and a good time was had
by all that attended. There were 13 members and several visitors,
including K5UYP, Tom Wilson the 10 year absentee.
A special thanks for the folks
that helped with the antennas and equipment handling. N5ODV,
KB5ASR, KI5FW, KD5QIQ, and WD5HLD. The event would not have
happened without your help. KUDOS. Other members in attendance
were: WA5EE, W5MAV, KD5JYJ, KD5GWM ( and RYAN ), W5OQY, KD5PBJ,
and KD5PBI. Total time of the event was about 8 hours. It was good
to see all that came by.
I would imagine our next event
will produce a much larger attendance as it will be our Annual
Fish Fry. Mmmmmmm Mmmmmmm can't hardly wait. Until next time
fellow amateurs this is N5JCG sayin' 73 'n' CUL
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Pictures below are
courtesy of N5VWS. Thanks Michael
Lauderdale County Agricultural Center
Highway 19 South, Meridian, MS
2 meter/440 Dual Band YAESU furnished by KI5FW
KD5QIQ and KB5ASR
(left) N5JCG's Special Events Log Book - (right) YAESU FT-980 used
for SSB/CW contacts
N5ODV's ICOM 756-PRO used for CW contacts
Packet by KB5ASR and 2m/440 by KI5FW
Team CW
(left to right) N5ODV, N5JCG, and
WD5HLD
Front View of table lay out (nice job guys!)
Antennas used (left) 2 meter Isopole (right) A99 Vertical
and a 20 meter Inverted Vee
Close-up of YAESU FT-980 and MFJ-941E Tuner
N5ODV working CW QRP
N5JCG and N5ODV
