[AK-VHF] ARRL VHF Contest - June 9/10

[Edward R Cole]

Brandon,

Good to hear this.  Your updated itinerary is posted as a pdf link 
from www.qsl.net/AK-VHF .
If your travel time gets altered along the way, it is permitted to 
"self-spot" which means you can call someone to alert the rest of us 
on the time change.  Use of non-radio means is called working with 
assistance which is now permitted by the rules.

Some folks use APRS tracking which is displayed on the Internet.

Also, we have some northern AK members who may read the list so 
hopefully will spread the word of your roving up north.

Also do not ignore using FM simplex for making contacts.  Check the 
rules for admissible frequencies.

73, Ed - KL7UW

At 03:53 PM 5/28/2018, Brandon Clark wrote:
>Hello group,
>
>Sorry for the late announcement, but yes, the rover route for the June VHF
>contest is still on. For my first time roving here I'm planning to go from
>just outside of Soldotna, up through Anchorage, and then to the Talkeetna
>area on the first day.
>One of my stops on day one will be at the Mount Baldy trailhead, from which
>I have reached Ed with 5 watts and a whip antenna on two meters. I should
>be able to hear all the way down into the peninsula, and all the way up
>past the valley, so keep an ear on the FM and sideband calling frequencies
>if you're around on that day.
>I decided to also go ahead and push up to Fairbanks on Sunday of the
>contest. If you know of any operators up in that area please pass the word
>along that I will be coming in to radio range sometime in the morning and
>early afternoon.
>I still have to wrap up building my gain antennas and then get them mounted
>on the truck, but everything should be ready before the contest. I'm
>planning to operate on 2 M, 6 m, and 70 cm for this run. I had hoped to
>also run gear on 220, but wasn't able to pull everything together in time.
>If you're interested in making a few contacts don't hesitate to send me an
>email. Also, don't forget that as a Rover you can reach me from more than
>one place for credit. If I contacted you and one grid Square you can
>contact me again in a different grid square and it is good to go for the
>rules.
>73,
>Brandon
>
>
>On Sat, May 26, 2018, 12:58 Edward R Cole <kl7uw at acsalaska.net> wrote:
>
> > http://www.qsl.net/a/ak-vhf//Contests/
> > http://www.qsl.net/ak-vhf/  scroll down to contest announcement and
> > KL7BSC/R itinerary
> >
> > 73, Ed - KL7UW
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