[AK-VHF] June Contest

Wed Sep 7 03:06:20 EDT 2016

Ken,

Actually the Contest kind of crept up on me this 
time, but I will be active.  I'm cc this to the 
AK-VHF e-mail list to alert others of the group 
of your intentions.  I will make the callsign change for you, as well.

I should have reminded others during last 
Saturday's net that the contest would be this weekend.

I have 50, 144, 223.50-FM, 927.50-FM, and 1296 
operable.  432 SWR is high and will require 
climbing the tower to swap out a jumper cable 
that I suspect is the problem.  I can operate 432 
into my dual-band vertical but that probably is 
not enough gain to reach Anchorage.

Wx is supposed to be good on Friday so I might 
get up the tower then.  I will post my final 
status Friday with the Net announcement. Oh one 
thing I could do is go rover from a local 
400-foot hill with clear shot north (2m&70cm 50w FM mobile).

The Contest starts as 10am local AK time at the end of the net.

Working you at Denali would probably have best 
prospects on 2m where I can work SSB running 130w 
into my four eme yagi's.  I have a clear shot to 
Denali almost due north of me.  Many Anchorage 
stations are blocked from seeing Denali by the 
Talkeetna mountain range that runs across the 
north side of the Susitna Valley (primarily 
Wasilla and Big Lake).  Those on the western side 
or south side of Anchorage may have a direct view 
if their antennas are over the nearby terrain.

Several years ago I worked KL7EKB via Denali 
"bounce".  Tropo conditions were enhanced that day.
On 50 I run 80w to 6-element yagi, 2m 130w to 
four 10-element yagis, 223.50 80w to two 
11-element yagi's.  My 60w 2m transverter dies 
last weekend but I was able to repair it with a 
30w module (running 28w).  That will not drive my 150w amp fully.

Those are the most likely bands to reach 
you.  927.50 and 1296.100 both run 60w into high gain loop-yagis at 52-feet.
you can get my station info from my website.  So 
far no contacts made to Anchorage on either band.

73, Ed

At 08:46 PM 9/6/2016, Ken Karle wrote:
>Hi Ed,
>
>I havenâ€™t been in contact for awhile; I 
>donâ€™t think I ever updated my new call sign 
>for the AK VHF-up club roster (old NL7HJ, new 
>NL7B).Â  Also moved from Denali to Fairbanks a few years ago.
>
>Though Iâ€™m not planning any big roves for this 
>weekendâ€™s VHF contest, I was giving some 
>thought to driving down to Denali State Park, 
>and climbing up on Kesugi Ridge in grid BP52du 
>Saturday morning with some VHF gear.Â  I just 
>noticed that I was considering this route 6 
>years ago (!). I got rained out that time, but 
>right now the WX forecast is for sunny skies on 
>Saturday.Â  Wondering if youâ€™re planning on 
>participating in the contest this weekend. It 
>would be fun to work down into the Kenai 
>Peninsula, as well as Anchorage, of course. Have 
>you (or Paul) heard from others planning to activate?
>
>Note that my plans arenâ€™t definite yet, so I 
>donâ€™t want to post this just yet; I still have 
>to talk the XYL into going on an 8 mile hike up 
>a 4500 ft mountain carrying some batteries for 
>me
.and the WX has to hold; Iâ€™m not going if 
>the forecast changes. But thought I would check 
>with you first and see what your plans are. Thanks.
>
>73,
>Ken
>NL7B
>
>From: Edward R Cole [mailto:kl7uw at acsalaska.net]
>Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 12:04 AM
>To: Paul Kiesel; Ken Karle
>Cc: kl7uw at arrl.net
>Subject: Re: June Contest
>
>Had a afterthought,  If Mckinley is within view, 
>backscatter might work if direct shot doesn't.
>
>73, Ed - KL7UW
>
>At 11:22 PM 6/7/2010, Paul Kiesel wrote:
>
>Hi Ken,
>
>Congratulations on placing so well in the 
>contest. Proves a bit of effort can take you a long way.
>
>If it's line of sight, 5 watts will do it for 
>you. Also, you don't need an absolute clean shot 
>because some knife-edging will occur from 
>mountain ridges. If you take that excursion on, be sure to take pictures!
>
>73,
>Paul, K7CW
>
>
>From: Ken Karle <<mailto:kkarle at mtaonline.net>kkarle at mtaonline.net>
>To: Paul Kiesel 
><<mailto:k7cw at yahoo.com>k7cw at yahoo.com>; <mailto:kl7uw at arrl.net>kl7uw at arrl.net
>Sent: Mon, June 7, 2010 10:26:01 PM
>Subject: RE: June Contest
>
>Hi Paul and Ed,
>
>
>
>My brother and I put off our rove until the 
>September contest, so IÃ¢€™m  working on plans 
>for this weekend. d. Rather than rove, IÃ¢€™m 
>thinking about hiking up up the Little Coal 
>Creek trail (in Denali State Park) to a peak 
>about 4500 feet. Grid BP52DU. It gives me a 
>112-mile line of site to Anchorage, and a 
>170-mile line of site to Kenai. IÃ¢€™ll have a a 
>small 2m/0.70cm yagi, 50 watts (or less) on 2 meters, and 20 watts on 0.70 m.
>
>
>
>Ed, are you still planning on operating from 
>home on Saturday? This location (if I get to the 
>top) should give me a clear shot to Kenai; what 
>do you our chances are for 2 meters and 
>70cm?  Of course, the hike will depend on good 
>weather, and talking my wife into backpacking 
>the batteries up the mountain for me!  IÃ¢€™m 
>still looking for a site I could drive to to 
>instead of hiking 3,000 vertical feet, but no luck so far.
>
>
>
>Also wanted to let you guys know that it looks 
>like I won the Northwest region rove limited 
>class, and came in 7th overall in the country 
>for RL. I got pretty lucky as the weather was so 
>bad in so many parts of the US that month. 
>Thanks again for helping me. It was fun.
>
>
>
>73s,
>
>Ken
>
>NL7HJ
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>From: Paul Kiesel [ mailto:k7cw at yahoo.com]
>Sent: Monday, June 07, 2010 1:46 PM
>To: AL2B; 
><mailto:geneshea at gmail.com>geneshea at gmail.com; 
>KB7FXJ; KL0RG; KL1RD; KL2FA; KL6M; KL7FZ; 
>KL7JFT; KL7P; KL7QZ; KL7UW; KL7XJ; KL7YK; NL7HJ
>Subject: June Contest
>
>
>
>It's next weekend. The 2010 ARRL June VHF QSO Party is next weekend!
>
>You don't have to be a contest type to get on 
>and exchange grid locators with fellow VHFers. 
>Talk it up amongst yourselves and plan to get on 
>the air and work each other if you're not 
>intending to make an effort of it. But, be 
>advised that the 6 meter band has been very 
>productive these last couple of weeks. KL7/KB7Q 
>even worked a station in the Philippines on 6 
>meters this last week. That spot on the Kenai 
>Peninsula has turned out to be a pretty good DX 
>location, eh Gene? Alaskans have also been 
>taking advantage of some decent sporadic E band 
>openings to the Far East and to the lower 48. I 
>think the probability of some of you working 
>some good DX during the contest is there.
>
>If you make any contacts in the contest, please 
>submit an entry. If you need any assistance, 
>please let me know. I will be glad to help in 
>any way I can. And don't forget that there is no 
>such thing as a stupid question if you need an 
>answer. Be sure to state that your log is to 
>count for Alaska VHF-Up Group towards the club competition.
>
>Watch for us. We will be looking your way!
>
>73,
>Paul, K7CW
>AVG Contest Guy
>
>
>
>
>73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45
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