[MRCA] KA1GON - KW1I On Maritime Patrol

[mstangelo at comcast.net]

Dale,

Busy at work today so I could try to work you. Which radio did you use?

We used to charter a sailboat out of Point Judith,RI in the 1980's to cruise around the islands. We anchored in Cuttyhunk on the way back. The had a wind generator on a high point The last time we visited the generator  was gone; it had collapsed. It looked like aircraft wreckage. Did they ever rebuild the wind generator?

We brought along a Kenwood TS-440SAT and ran antennas up the mast.

Mike N2MS


----- Original Message --- island
From: Radio Station KW1I <kw1i at earthlink.net>
To: mrca at mailman.qth.net
Sent: Fri, 14 Aug 2015 01:53:17 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: [MRCA] KA1GON - KW1I On Maritime Patrol

Friday August 4 Charlie and I will be plying down Buzzards Bay from Falmouth, MA.  We will be making an amphibious landing on Cuttyhunk Island.  Cuttyhunk is the most southerly island in the chain of islands running from Falmouth southwesterly into the Atlantic Ocean marking the eastern boundary of Buzzards Bay.  

We will attempt to monitor 60m chan 3 during our approximately one hour passage down the bay.  We expect to arrive at Cuttyhunk between 10-11 am.  If resistance is light we will advance to a high point on the island and should have the equipment and 130 ft doublet set up by noon for the C-LRRP / M & S Net.  We will monitor 60m chan 3 on the hour and will be able to QSY to other HF frequencies for propagation checks.  Depending on good weather and sea conditions our last schedule from the island will be at 4:00 pm.  Hope to monitor 60m on the way back to Falmouth arriving 5:30-6:00 pm.

73,

Dale
KW1I