[AK-VHF] Newcomer her in AK

[Brandon Clark]

Hello everyone,

My name is Brandon Clark, KL7BSC, and I'm new to Alaska and the VHF+ 
group. Back in Ca I was pretty active with the ARRL VHF contests over 
the last two years. I would always set up a hilltop-portable station 
with homebrew long-boom yagis and run 5 W from my Yaesu 817. I was still 
too new to the game to rack up big scores, but it was a great test of my 
emcom gear and I had a lot of fun making contacts.

Right now I'm still reassembling gear (just moved in Dec), but it's 
coming along. I'm planning to participate in the June and September ARRL 
contests. I'll probably camp out on a high spot in June and go roving in 
September. I'm hoping to try the CQ VHF contest as well, and will 
probably do a backpack-portable entry. I would also like to try the ARRL 
222 MHz and up contest if there is activity for it. This year I should 
be getting 220 MHz and 1.2 GHz gear for the first time. Fun stuff ahead!

73,

Brandon

(also on QRZ)