[Swlfest] Ready, Set, Go!

["Eric A. Cottrell" <eac@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

Well it is that time again.  I will be hitting the road tommorrow to 
avoid the weather and to see if Philly has a Passport LTR system on VHF.

I went to Costco and got two cases of soda as a donation to the Fest. 
It is good I got a new bigger car last fall as the cases are now 32 
cans.  I doubt they would fit in my old car with all the other stuff I 
bring. :)  The car gets slightly better gas mileage and has a bigger gas 
tank.  No more looking for gasoline in the rural NJ region of Franklin 
Lakes!  I will likely need 4 cans from each case for the trip so count 
on 56 cans for the tiny tots.

I should be available to help set up the hospitality room thursday.  It 
is around 2 PM right?  Give me a call in my room.

I thought I had alot of radio equipment until I saw these pictures.
http://www.radioreference.com/forums/showthread.php?t=30167
You may recognize the name.  I am starting to reorganize my shack using 
some of the pictures on radioreference.com for ideas.  I am debating on 
bringing some of my old stuff for sale.  I very rarely sell anything.

I have not gotten the courage up to drill a hole in my new car (esp. 
after the job I did on my old car) so it is just a mag mount XM and mag 
mount scanner antenna for now.  Even with the bigger interior I have not 
figured out where to put everything yet.  At least I can listen to BBC 
on XM but I miss 5975 and 6175.  I have been playing with loops for LW 
and it works good for the lower SW bands.  I picked up BBC South 
American service on 5975 but it is not the same.  Not like when R. 
Australia ended North American service in name only.  I can still pick 
up 9580 mornings on the filling in the lower left second molar.

A lot of little things to do to get ready.  I spent the weekend entering 
the 2,507 frequencies that Montgomery Co uses for public safety in UASD :).
http://www.radioreference.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32014
Actually I like listening to SEPTA and aircraft more, so I included 
those as well.  I was thinking of taking the train down but will likely 
do that on a later trip to Baltimore.  I want to see how the new car 
does on a long drive.

Looking forward to seeing everyone at the fest and have a safe journey.

73 Eric
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