[ADXA] W5VY

[Pat Patterson]

Thanks for the heads up Jay.  I hadn't opened the August issue yet.  My
XYL, Sunnye, and I just got back from a 25 day road trip "Out West" to
check out some National Parks/Monuments.

Nice of Tony, K8ZR, to share the gang of Rovers pic.  Dave, KQ8FL, had his
11 Band Rover on display.  It was really well done and if I
remember correctly, he had about five radios and quite a few XVTRS/AMPS
lashed together with cascaded manual band select switches!  He uses a PVC
pipe roof rack to support yagis and loop yagis for 6M through 3456.  His
tripod microwave rig has Downeast Microwave XVTRs for 5 and 10G and a DB6NT
24Ghz XVTR.    Andrea, K2EZ, lives in New Jersey but spends quite a bit of
time in Southern Texas with her Job.  She tries to time her trips to Texas
to coincide with VHF Contests and I'm pretty sure she holds the record for
Grids activated during a test.  I've worked her several times as she
transits the state on I40/I30.  She's manages four or five radios, is a
great CW op, logs her Qs on a Surface Tablet Velcro'd to the center of the
steering wheel....all while driving down the road.   She wrote her own
logging app and it is very intuitive for rover operation.  She normally
operates in the Limited (6m thru 70cm) category but has added microwave
bands lately and roves around the Northeast as a Classic Rover.

I'm still a new comer to VHF and up.  I made my first 6M QSO in 2012 and
was hooked after a few 2M/70cm tropo openings. I gravitated to Roving due
to antenna restrictions in my neighborhood in North Little Rock.  It has
been a challenge to get things working on the higher bands (and keep them
working).  It's a lot of fun to sit on Magazine and work guys in Austin, TX
on 1296 or Georgia on 222.

Several of our members have given me lots of Qs during the contests.  Joel,
W5ZN, is a big time VHF/UHF contester and makes a point to listen for
Rovers.   I think he has VUCC on 6M through 24GHz.   I almost always bump
in to Dennis, W5RZ, who works me on 6M thru 70cm.  Steve, N4JQQ, has a
great VHF/UHF/Microwave station and gives me a shout when I'm in his
territory.  George, WB5JJJ, has also jumped in and given me some Qs on 6, 2
and 432.  My buddy, Steve, AG4V, in Memphis is a very active Rover and we
have made a bunch of Qs over the years. Before Rick, K5UR, became ARRL
President he would pop-up from out of the blue to work me during the
contests. Yes, he was loud! His weekends are now spent at Ham Radio
Conventions all over the country!

VHF and up is just another facet of a GREAT hobby!  Check it out.

73,
Pat, W5VY/R

On Mon, Aug 19, 2019 at 7:53 PM Jay Bromley <jayw5jay at cox.net> wrote:

> Good evening.
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> Nice picture of Pat W5VY in August CQ on page 83 under the VHF column.
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> 73 de jay/w5jay..
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