Comments on: Field Day Lessons Learned and Future Requirements http://www.hamhelpdesk.com/field-day/field-day-lessons-learne-and-future-requirements.html Hams helping hams make the most of the hobby of amateur radio. Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:50:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: n5ntg http://www.hamhelpdesk.com/field-day/field-day-lessons-learne-and-future-requirements.html/comment-page-1#comment-143 n5ntg Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:14:30 +0000 http://www.hamhelpdesk.com/?p=879#comment-143 Other lessons learned... Whomever said their sunscreen was waterproof and sweatproof, forgot to say "for how long" it was proof. :) We did a good job in San Antonio, TX, making sure nobody stood around in the sun, everybody wore a hat and had a full water bottle on their belt, but we forgot to make sure they put on their sunscreen every 3-4 hours or so. We redefined the phrase "Texas Redneck" last weekend. Thanks for your comments, I've added your RSS feed to my www.sanantoniohams.org/blog web site for other local hams to learn from you. I agree also about the network speed issue. We used a Linksys 802.11b router w/ standard antennas, but had range issues at our extreme points. So we tried to add a Linksys Range Expander WRE54G which is of course running at 802.11g 54mps speed instead of 11mps. It brought the network crashing down on our ears, and the N3FJP software lost all connectivity. Turn off the range expander and network returned. Might have worked ok if we had been using Linksys 802.11g 54mps router instead. Will experiment next year before we go live with it. Lee N5NTG in San Antonio, TX Other lessons learned… Whomever said their sunscreen was waterproof and sweatproof, forgot to say “for how long” it was proof. :) We did a good job in San Antonio, TX, making sure nobody stood around in the sun, everybody wore a hat and had a full water bottle on their belt, but we forgot to make sure they put on their sunscreen every 3-4 hours or so. We redefined the phrase “Texas Redneck” last weekend.

Thanks for your comments, I’ve added your RSS feed to my http://www.sanantoniohams.org/blog web site for other local hams to learn from you. I agree also about the network speed issue.

We used a Linksys 802.11b router w/ standard antennas, but had range issues at our extreme points. So we tried to add a Linksys Range Expander WRE54G which is of course running at 802.11g 54mps speed instead of 11mps. It brought the network crashing down on our ears, and the N3FJP software lost all connectivity. Turn off the range expander and network returned. Might have worked ok if we had been using Linksys 802.11g 54mps router instead. Will experiment next year before we go live with it.

Lee N5NTG in San Antonio, TX

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