[AK-VHF] AK-VHF Net - 10 Sept on 144.200 USB

[Ed Cole]

The net will begin at 9:30am on 144.200 USB and continues until 10:00am, 
when the ARRL Sept. VHF Contest begins.

MARA Hamfest is also is being held tomorrow, so I do not expect a large 
turnout for the net or the contest on Saturday.

I probably will only briefly call on 2m and 223.50 for the contest on 
Saturday, spending most of the time calling/monitoring 50.313 FT8 for 
openings from the lower-48.

On July 10th KL7HBK and KL7J operated the first F2 opening of cycle-25 
to work Central Europe on 6m (I assume using FT8).  The next two years 
are when folks need to be ready for significant 6m skip openings.  I 
hope to install one of my LFA 5-elem yagis at ten foot (temp for the 
winter); perhaps have both LFA yagis on 36-foot tower next spring.

I suggest contest operating on Sunday on 144/222/432/900/1296, when most 
of the folks will be home from MARA Hamfest.  I plan to start on 2m at 
9am.  Contest runs until 6:59pm (local).  I will probably call on 146.52 
FM and 223.50 FM, primarily. Haven't tested the vertical on 432 but 
maybe have that, as well.

Wx has not been favorable for using a man-lift this week but I will have 
a crossboom ready to install two 8-element 2m yagis at 45-feet of my 
50-foot Hf tower.  Hoping to raise my 80/40m dipole to 40-feet at the 
same time.

Work continues on the new hamshack renovation.  Recent mapping of new 
cable runs to the new shack: 12 coax and 13 control and power cables.

73, Ed - KL7UW