[MAMS] NE8I rover 2M sprint results

[Lloyd Ellsworth]

NE8I/r 2011 2M sprint results from the Michigan North Woods.

2M sprint is of course the big one. Had lots of fun. Quite a bit of
activity. Started at AJ scenic EN74at . About 2 hours, then moved to
Empire Bluff EN64xt. About 6 miles apart. Keep the fuel budget down.
32 miles total. Not the original plan. To add another grid, I would
have to drive another 30 miles. Plus an hour drive. FT847, 160W amp, 7
element M2 yagi. Started about 7PM EDT. Beautiful sun set. Really nice
weather. Last station I heard was about 10:20 PM EDT. So, gave up
about 10:45 and went home.

>From EN74at  AJ
K9TM EN81dr, K9EA EN71le, N8JX EN64vj, KC9BQA EN63ao, WB9TFH EN53xa,
K8TQK EM89je which was my best DX. About 0020Z heard some weak Aurora
CW, but could not pull the calls.

>From EN64xt Empire Bluff
KC9BQA EN63ao, W9GA EN53we, N9UM EN52wg

EN74at again proved to work best. Heard and worked the most stations.
I typically heard lots more stations, than I worked. Worked about 1 in
3 that I heard. EN64xt is closer to the Lake, but lower elevation.
Height works better. I could add a list here of grids heard. Heard as
far as EN34 and EN91. Conditions were not super, but good. Using
strictly Battery power in an RF quiet area, I heard quite well. s
meter with preamp on, barely moves. Years ago, made Rover more RF
quiet, for weak signal work.

Likely same rover plan for 222 and 432 sprints. Still have not decided
on where to operate for the Microwave sprint. I know lots of rovers
have and use announced frequencies. Where I have been using more
Columbus style, find them and land on them. Plus CQ. No skeds. Tuning
around, I found lots of activity, which was great. Just to be able to
hear it all. I had a list of announced rovers and frequencies. Heard
many of them. Gives me a chance to try different filters, preamps and
experiment with weak signals.


73, Lloyd NE8I/r
EN74 etc