[AK-VHF] Newcomer her in AK

[Christopher Brown]

Welcome to the area and the group.

Chris
WL7CLA


On 2/25/18 18:37, Brandon Clark wrote:
> 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)
> 
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