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WA4FC/B 1292.280 MHz beacon station
WA4FC/B 1296.280 MHz went on the air from FM07WU, western Goochland County, VA in October 2016. It runs 25 watts to an Alford slot (horizontal omnidirectional) at 80 feet. Feedline loss <2 dB. The transmitter is a PTS 3200 synthesizer which … Continue reading
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Website updates
Well folks, this July will be ten years that fieldcomm.org has been active. We know that it has had varying degrees of activity, depending on how active most of the readers are in the hobby. I’ve been busy with life … Continue reading
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Current Status of FieldComm systems
Just to update anyone who is interested – both the 28.231 and 50.079.5 MHz beacons are off the air pending restoration of power to their locations. Additionally, the 462.625 MHz repeater is off with an unknown date of return. The … Continue reading
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Preliminary approval received for new repeater site
Preliminary approval has been received from the Prince George County board of supervisors for a new repeater site that hopefully will go in service later this year. A recent presentation to the board was well received, and final approval is … Continue reading
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Where did the DX news go?
For the last couple of years, I posted the ARRL Weekly DX Bulletin as well as the K7RA solar update on the main page each week for all to see. I’ve decided to stop posting them on the new site, … Continue reading
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So what is different about the new site?
FIRST – here is what is not different. Your login information. A lot of stories and info from the old site has been migrated over. The same people are here! We still have features like the forum, hamfest calendar and … Continue reading
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Ok, so why the change to the website?
Well, most of the reasons are pretty simple. We wanted to change it up to make you log in more often, and post more stuff on your own. It’s a lot of stuff for just one or two people to … Continue reading
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Welcome to FieldComm 3.0
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSdb0gv54tI In 2004 – we ran a fully HTML based site, that was a pretty basic read only site. Then, we all got excited when we added a forum and could discuss stuff. In 2007 – with the expert guidance … Continue reading
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Welcome to the new website
First of all, a huge thanks to Neil for all of the work spent customing our site, and for taking some ownership of our corner of the web. The site allows you to log in once, and have access to … Continue reading
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