2024-01-16, 11:29:19
(This post was last modified: 2024-01-16, 11:42:24 by Adam_VE3FP.
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Just a comment on the idea to practice operating in adverse winter conditions. Why?
- Winter means one thing to someone living in northerly climate vs someone in the south, the weather.
- operating from home still sharpens operating skills.
- setting up emergency operating environment can be done without having to drive to "Timbuktu" and freezing just to prove a point.
This can be accomplished from the comfort of your home by simply by setting up your operating conditions as in the field.
eg: Station powered by batteries, generator; Antenna could be anything you would setup in the field.
Radio interface and logging setup and working.
The only difference would be the weather and very likely the set ups will be different in each emergency situation.
Year after year we see the preparedness for ARRL Field Day. We spend first two to four hours dealing with setups.
In my opinion is to get setup Indoors or Outdoors at Home and have fun WFD.
- Winter means one thing to someone living in northerly climate vs someone in the south, the weather.
- operating from home still sharpens operating skills.
- setting up emergency operating environment can be done without having to drive to "Timbuktu" and freezing just to prove a point.
This can be accomplished from the comfort of your home by simply by setting up your operating conditions as in the field.
eg: Station powered by batteries, generator; Antenna could be anything you would setup in the field.
Radio interface and logging setup and working.
The only difference would be the weather and very likely the set ups will be different in each emergency situation.
Year after year we see the preparedness for ARRL Field Day. We spend first two to four hours dealing with setups.
In my opinion is to get setup Indoors or Outdoors at Home and have fun WFD.
73, Adam ve3fp