Military
Radio Collectors Association
Gilbert Meet: September 2011
A very special thanks
MRCA SLS Event
The MRCA Gilbert Rally is schedule for a Friday and Saturday but the "Shakers and Movers" show up on Thursday. Last year (2011) the now famous "SLS" event was held late Thursday. More on the "SLS" event below.
"The Military Radio Collectors Association, organized in 2000, is intended to bring together people with a genuine interest in the subject. It is an outgrowth of the Old Military Radio Net AKA East Coast Military Radio Net that meets every Saturday at 05:00 AM ( Eastern time) on 3885 Kcs in the 75-meter amateur band." In addition a CW net is held at 2100 (Eastern) on 3570 each Sunday evening.
An
additional net that encourages "field Ops" that is becoming
very popular is held on Tuesday Thursday and Saturday at 12:00 noon on
60 meters on channel 4 USB- 5371.5 Kcs (dial
frequency) additional info can be found at http://www.mrca.ar88.net/Net/MandS.html.
I've set up "field Ops" several times. A couple of my typical
field operations:
http://k4che.com/Ft.%20DuPont%20March%202012/
http://k4che.com/M%20and%20S%20Net/M%20
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MRCA
Gilbert Meet Info:
The next Gilbert MRCA Rally will be held on 21-22 September of 2012 at the Gilbert, PA fairgrounds. "The event will, once again, be held in conjunction with the Red Ball Military Transport Club.
MRCA Intel can be found at :
http://www.mrca.ar88.n
Attending the Military Radio
Collector Association Gilbert Event y also means that you are going to
see a lot of Military Vehicles, Surplus Items, Collectors items and best
of all your military radio buddies. --- The MRCA Rally is held in conjunction
with the Red Ball Military Transport Club.
http://redballonline.org/Redball_Home.htm
Red
Ball Rally info,photos, GPS coordinates, and pdf file of their flyer
can be found at: http://redballonline.org/GilbertShow/2012GilbertInfo.htm
Click here for interesting and informative remarks.
http://photobucket.com/Gilbert_2011
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Ted W3PWW begins base HQ station setup.
No Pepsi machine this year.
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to enlarge
Pat
KC2RNN, Zorro k4che and Jeff KG2BZ hit the flea market early Thursday
afternoon and pick up some LS-685 speakers.
N3FRQ
posted a modification for the LS-685 to the MRCA list.
Link:
N3FRQ
LS-685 speaker modification.
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Nice
BC-1306 installation.
never mind
Plenty of equipment for sale.
Bob AB8OP and his mule. (He is sitting on the Mule)
Walt KB3SBC arrived early Thursday afternoon.
Thursday
evening.
Once again, As midnight approaches it is time . . .
Brown W1BZR is the first to begins the evening SLS* preparations.
* Secret Lantern Society
Soon they will come
Notice how Alex (standing left)a new participant has become completely mesmerized.
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They came and now they are one.
Meanwhile, undaunted by the lack of ambient light Al, N3FRQ
proceeds to trouble shoot.
"Lets see if we can sort this out".
Video late Friday evening, the troops are busy.
Dale KW1I prepares for an evening on 75 meters.
"It could be the power supply"
Video clip of the trouble shooting team.
Zorro's ARC-3 display crystaled up on the MRCA push of 144.250.
Video K4CHE display.
Charlie
VHF antenna for the ARC-3, missing the airplane counterpoise.
Ted W3PWW and the Head Quarters HF station is ready for action.
A mix of old and new, note the famous W3PWW Retro
Rocket Power Supply under the table.
MRCA Head Quarters Equipment for the push of 51.0
This is my corner" . . . Justin Wheeler -KA3TIN
The mystery monolith.
Improvise, Adapt, Overcome ,
Charlie KA1GON makes an emergency connection.
Charlie KA1GON
and they are still at it
Video Clip "Still At It"
KA1GON photo
"Its for you"