[AK-VHF] WFD/POTA Update

[Ed Cole]

Brandon,

Thanks for the update.  psk31 on 6m (50.250) at 100w into your vertical 
may still reach me with enough signal strength.  Your 2-element yagi 
last week was putting very strong signal down to me (plaingly heard in 
speaker).

Note Ken-NL7B is going to try running FT8 during the WFD:
"My plan is to run WFD on 20 and 15, CW/SSB Saturday, maybe 40 Sat 
evening. But I'll plan on listening on 6 ft8 for you guys at 1045 off 
the dipole, though I may not have enough time to get the 6 yagi back 
up." per NL7B

I sent him e-mail that we would be running psk31 at 10:45 instead of 
FT*, but that I would try to be looking for him at 11:00am on FT8 (50.313).

Both of you subscribe here so will get this message.

I will probably focus on 6m, but maybe take at look on 20m-SSB, for 
awhile.  Depends on wx:  if good I'm likely to work on my 2m eme array 
vs operating.  Tomorrow, if snow stops in afternoon I will be shoveling 
out the 50+ foot path to the tower (again for the third time this week).

Drifted snow is hard-packed so a shovel will not cut it - have use a 
pick-axe to break it up so shovel can be used.  Snow drifts are 2-foot 
deep.  Today a neighbor came over to remove 3-foot drifted snow from our 
drive with his John Deer tractor/snow blower.  Snow is piled 5-foot high 
along the road by the house by graders.  So glad that winter is antenna 
time in AK <cough-cough>

73, Ed - KL7UW
Note Saturday net is 146.52 FM 9:30-10:30am

On 1/27/2022 6:58 PM, Brandon Clark via ak-vhf wrote:
> Hello group,
> 
> Everything is on for my snowshoe and camp out at Nancy Lake. There is one change to my comms plan though: I wasn't able to complete the 6 M dipole in time.
> 
> I'll still be on during the 6 M PSK31 time, but I'll be using my HF vertical through a tuner. Performance is an unknown, and I'll be cross-polarized to most stations, so don't be surprised if you hear me on that mode.
> 
> Heading out tomorrow at 0800. Wish me luck.
> 
> Also, there is going to be another POTA activation from down on the Kenai. Eric Fell will be on a variety of bands throughout the weekend, so keep an ear out for him.
> 73,
> 
> Brandon, KL7BSC
> 
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