The Rock-n-Green Tomato Festival

Gentlemen,
 
The Rock-n-Green Tomato Festival is coming up soon, August 7-8. Traditionally we have only been asked to work the August 8, 6-10pm. This year they are asking for one of us to help keep people from crossing the Linden Ave. bridge on the east end. They want to use one of their paid security persons in the festival and to replace that person with one of us. This is a 10am-6pm “window of opportunity” for us. My commitment has only been to try and get volunteers. If we “want” to do this, I propose cutting this into 2-hour shifts, 10a, noon, 2p and 4p. So we need 4 cheerful volunteers willing to tell locals,
    ”Please refrain from crossing the bridge, we cannot guarantee your safety. Loss of limb, life and common sense is possible.” I am willing to take a shift, so does anyone else want to join in? As a benefit you can have all the water you want during your shift.
 
As to the 6-10 shift. If I can get 1 or 2 more volunteers, it would be great.
Thanks for volunteering.
73,
Mike WA8VMR

195 machine has been repaired

The linear for the 195 machine has been repaired and is back in service from the shack. We are now outputting just shy of 100 Watts. Please use and critic the 195, send me your ideas I want to wrap up any changes by this coming Friday shooting for a reinstall back to the water towner early next week.  Remember that we are using a Comet GP-3 antenna strapped to the chimney at the shack. The shack elevation appears to 909 Ft, and the base of the Linden Ave water tower is right at 900 ft add on the 80 ft for the water tower and the and gain of a 21 ft colinear antenna I believe that will make a big difference once it is reinstalled.

Thanks & 73

Jack KM8N

Mound Amateur Radio Association Miamisburg, Ohio