Some of these locations are ideal for setting up large antennas and some will require carrying in your radio gear to take advantage of the scenery.   Most locations are spread out over seven miles with some within two miles of each other.  A few along the lake shore and across the lake are just thousands of feet apart for use with lower power gear and small antennas.  Team up with others and erect more than one antenna and do some antenna comparison, directivity, polarization and NVIS experiments.  The Beltzville sites are close enough so operators may choose to move and set up at several locations during the afternoon. 

 Not everyone who would like to participate has equipment with them and some may be new to our the MRCA Meet.  If you have room, or can use help, invite someone to go with you.

 From the longer range field sites, e.g. Big Pocono, Penns Peak, Jacobsburg, Blue Mountain Resort it should be interesting to see what equipment and antenna configurations at Beltzville can be heard at more remote stations. 

 The following brief information about locations is for your advance planning. You may want to try a new location this year, or if you are traveling to the MRCA Meet on Friday afternoon you may want to head directly to one of these sites before checking in at the fairgrounds to set up for a specific target activity time.

Clicking on a link below will take you to a Google aerial view, and in some cases a ground level view of the site.  Cut and paste the URL info into your browser.   Directions and additional info will be available at the Howell Bldg before deployment.  If you plan to travel directly to one of these sites Friday afternoon and need directions, or if you have other questions email kw1i@earthlink.net.