[AK-VHF] Fw: Upcoming Contests-Roving Ideas
Paul Kiesel
k7cw at yahoo.com
Sat Apr 14 12:39:12 EDT 2012
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Paul
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From: Paul Kiesel <k7cw at yahoo.com>
To: Edward R. Cole <kl7uw at acsalaska.net>; Shannon Methe <shannonmethe at gmail.com>
Cc: "kx9x at arrl.org" <kx9x at arrl.org>
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 9:29 AM
Subject: Re: [AK-VHF] Upcoming Contests-Roving Ideas
Shannon and All,
This is correct, and I apologize for not being careful about the dates. They are correctly noted in QST and on the ARRL contest schedule, but the contest rules are for last year. I am copying Sean, KX9X, at the ARRL contest desk. I will also get immediately to correcting the item on the AVG Contests page.
Thanks for the heads-up!
73,
Paul, K7CW
AVG Contest Guy
________________________________
From: Edward R. Cole <kl7uw at acsalaska.net>
To: Shannon Methe <shannonmethe at gmail.com>; Paul Kiesel <k7cw at yahoo.com>; AK-VHF&UP Group <ak-wsg at googlegroups.com>
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 12:01 AM
Subject: Re: [AK-VHF] Upcoming Contests-Roving Ideas
Shannon,
You are correct. ARRL has not updated the page for the June Contest
webpage to 2012 so last year's date is displayed. Local time is
10:00am Saturday till 6:59pm Sunday. Most activity will be the
first couple hours on Saturday unless we have rovers operating extended
times in other locations.
I guess you read my posting about operations with KL7FZ (Chugach SP
parking lot) and KL7UW (Diamond Ridge above Homer). W have not
decided which day we will do that. It takes me 2-hours to drive to
Diamond Ridge and more time to set up the mw equipment. 6m-33cm
will be with mobile gear but antennas will have to be mounted at Diamond
Ridge and taken down for driving.
GL hiking to Flat Top!
Hope is shadowed by mountains into NE Anchorage, Eagle River and
Palmer. Best location is on the flats north of the Sea View Cafe
near the arm, or up Palmer Creek Road to the first switch back (3mi from
Resurrection Road Jct) (but road may not be open, yet-ask at the
Discovery Cafe in Hope). I used to live in Hope so know it very
well. Most likely no one was listening when you tried.
Resurrection Trail is too covered by forest to be much good until you
hike in 7-10mi. Table Mountain is a 4-5mi bushwhack up to about
1500 feet but clear view of Anchorage (but bear country - better to do in
July).
Trapper Creek is not likely with 5w unless you climb a mountain.
KL7HJ worked me from Talkeetna with 50w and yagi as rover on
2m-SSB.
Best try Kincaid Park (BP41) as we can hit that from Kenai (maybe) and
provides another grid. To hit me on Diamond Ridge the Anch.
hillside is best.
On Diamond Ridge I will use:
6m: dipole and 125w SSB/FM
2m: 7-elem yagi and 150w SSB/FM
432: 6-element Arrow yagi and 25w SSB
927.5: 18-element loop-yagi and 12w FM
10-GHz: 18-inch dish and 2.5w CW/SSB
73, Ed
At 10:10 PM 4/12/2012, Shannon Methe wrote:
Hey you guys,
>
>The June 11th date was for last year's date for the June QSO Party.
>This year's date is June 9-10, and, if my subtraction of 8 hrs from
>GMT is correct, it runs from 10am Sat to 6:59pm Sunday our time.
>
>I hope the snow will be off the summit of Flat Top by then; my plan
is
>to hike up there and start the contest up there, for at least the
1st
>half of the day or until the action stops.
>
>From there, I'm looking for ideas on places to operate from in
nearby
>grids.
>
>I know I can go out to Woronzof Pt. (BP41) or
>
>I tried to operate from Hope (BP50) the weekend prior to Jan's
>Sweepstake and got nothing, but I'm not sure if that was a case of
no
>one listening or what. There's a trailhead there, that is
accessible
>in the summer; I may be able to hike up to a peak or something.
>
>If I can reach the distance, I might try from our cabin in Trapper
>Creek (BP42). I can hit the Susitna repeater full quieting, which
is
>53 miles away, but I don't know if I can reach all the way into
>Anchorage; that's a long haul on 5 watts, and I can't reach across
>Anchorage from the low ground on the bluff. I've tried with 6m from
>thre and got nothing but a dead battery, but again, don't know if
it
>was just no one listening or what. Does anyone have any opinions on
>that? (I need to set up a sekd with someone in town from up there
one
>weekend is what I need to do.)
>
>Do you guys know of any other high areas in nearby grids that I can
>access, either by car and/or on foot? Perhaps some areas up and
down
>the Seward/Parks/Glenn Hwys in areas where there are hams living?
I'd
>really like to load up on Mountain Dews and hit this one hard in
hopes
>of getting a lot done toward the Pathfinder Award.
>
>-Shannon
>KL3JI
>
>
>On Apr 12, 2012, at 5:23 PM, Paul Kiesel wrote:
>
>
>Hello, Everyone!
>>
>>Now that Spring has sprung, time to get ready for the June VHF
>>Contest. Last year, we made the club competition list, which means
>>we had at least three members who submitted their entries and
>>contributed their scores towards the club competition. We need to
do
>>that again this year and have more participants. I ask all members
>>in Alaska to plan for the June contest so that when the weekend of
>>the 11th of June arrives, you'll be free to operate. And, if
you're
>>adventuresome, think about operating as a Rover and active a couple
>>or more grids squares.
>>
>>As always, I'm here to respond to any questions you have regarding
>>contests.
>>
>>I hope to hear you on the air.
>>
>>73,
>>Paul, K7CW
>>AVG Contest Guy
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