[HCARC] HF Net

[ALoneStarYank at aol.com]

In 2010, I operated mobile during this event (I've also operated it in  
other years as a base in other counties) covering 11 counties along the  
boarder in south Texas, much to the  chagrin of my wife who said it was  dangerous 
operating by myself in such areas. I hardly ever submit my results as  I do 
it just to have fun and to make it easier for "county hunters". One year, I 
 was the only station operating from McMullen County when we camped out at 
the  Calliham Unit of Choke canyon State Park.  The contest is a lot of fun. 
 Might I suggest that you concentrate on 40 meters for  the best results. 
You may also wish to check out:
 
_San Antonio Hams » Blog  Archive » Little Contests For “Little Guns”_ 
(http://sanantoniohams.org/blog/?p=821)  
 
If you run as a mobile, keep your log handy as you'll want to hit those  
same stations you worked in the last county again and again so you need to  
reference the original operating frequencies. You need to make two contacts  
(exchanges) with each station if you are parked on a county line.
 
Operating as a mobile, your antenna needs to remain on the vehicle, which  
means you can't stop, erect and antenna on the ground, operate, and then 
move.  THERE IS NOTHING IN THE RULES which states that you can't stop, raise an 
antenna  ON YOUR VEHICLE, operate and then lower it to drive. I had a 30 FT 
antenna which  allowed me to do just this type of operation on my truck.
 
I may run a few counties as a mobile this weekend.
 
Good luck,
Bob W2IK
 



In a message dated 9/24/2012 5:06:16 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
galeheise at windstream.net writes:

The  Texas QSO Party is this coming weekend.  If we have some members  
interested in participating and pitching in for gas cost, let me know.   We can 
have a road trip into West Texas where there are less populated  Counties.  
I have a little Nissan Sentra with a Yaesu FT-857 D, ATAS  antenna and can 
operate 10, 15, 20 and 40 meters in the contest.  We can  use people with 
operating, computer logging skills or those interested in  pushing the envelop 
and testing their skills to learn new ones.  It takes  time to organize this 
so let me know ASAP if you’re  interested.