Radiofest has come and gone, and folks are preparing for the trip to Dayton . It is also time to start thinking about Field Day for 2010. Get any new gear well beforehand and check it out. Update the firmware. Find the manual and the spare fuses. Check the generator. Just a couple of months to go. Pick out a new antenna to try. Build a Pneumatic Antenna Launcher. (Or assemble that kit you bought some time ago…). The new kits are easier to assemble and new instructions are on the web now.
Hopefully the sunspots will return and we’ll have some good propagation. Right now the bands are a bit flat.
The Field Day Logging software has a new website. There is a suggestion form for user suggestions, and a new discussion forum.
— Alan, wb6zqz