[AK-VHF] POTA Saturday (and NET Announcement)

[Ed Cole]

Brandon,

GL with your POTA tomorrow.  There is virtually no direct VHF path to 
Nikiski from Hope due to the 4,000 foot range on the west side of Hope. 
  One possibility would be scatter off Mt. Spur (if visible at your 
location).

I do not have wsjt-x installed with my IC-9700 so only SSB, FM or D-Star 
are usable on 2m.  I should be able to point the 2m yagi toward Mt. 
Spur.  Normally, I am pointing az=55 toward Anchorage.  Also can select 
the high-gain vertical.

I can run 100w on 20m on FT8 with yagi pointed East (rotator not 
connected).  Also 80w on 6m FT8 with dual yagis.

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Net begins at 9:30am on 144.200 USB.  No 222 as radio has been shipped 
for repair.  6m SSB on 50.125.

Hope to see many of you on the net and also to work Brandon-KL7BSC

73, Ed - KL7UW

On 11/8/2021 11:53 AM, Brandon Clark via ak-vhf wrote:
> Good morning group,
> 
> I'm going to be doing a Parks on the Air activation from just outside Hope this Saturday. I'm going to try to get there extra early and work HF before the Saturday SSB net starts at 0930. Then I'll be available for VHF/UHF contacts during the net. I will self spot on the POTA webpage, so keep an eye out on there for KL7BSC.
> 
> POTA rules try to make it fun when activating. Success requires ten "unique" contacts within the same day (UTC time). A contact is unique if any of the following changes:
> -Call sign
> -Band
> -Mode
> -UTC Day (24 hour period)
> -Park Reference
> 
> What that means for us locally is that working the activator on SSB and FM counts as two contacts. Or working SSB, FM, and DSTAR each on 2 M and 70 cm counts as 6 contacts. (Same applies for combinations of HF bands and modes.)
> 
> I'll be using a 2 M j pole for VHF/UHF and a loaded vertical for HF. 20 M seems to be the money band lately so I'll likely concentrate there.
> 73,
> Brandon
> 
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