[NLRS] Lake Superior 10G Trip

[Doug Reed]

At 03:11 AM 5/9/2003 cdt, Gary wrote:
>I vote for the August weekend, both days.
>73, Gary  WB0LJC

I will not be at the breakfast so I'll wait to hear the decision. I can
probably go either weekend, 1 or 2 days, assuming I get my equipment
assembled before then.<g> I'm going to see how much of that I can get done
in May. 

It would be nice to get the antenna and test day scheduled once or twice in
June-July. I assume we want to schedule our activities to support the
summer contests:
June    14 - 16  ARRL June VHF QSO Party
June    28 - 29  ARRL Field Day  
August    2 - 3  ARRL UHF Contest  
August    16 - 17  ARRL 10 GHz and Up Contest   
September    13 - 15  ARRL September VHF QSO Party  
September    20 - 21  ARRL 10 GHz and Up Contest 

Many people spend at least part of one day on microwave for the June VHF
QSO Party. For myself, I doubt I'll have my equipment together by then. The
only open Saturday I have left before then is May 24. Would this be a good
day for the first work day? A day to build feed horns and check equipment?
The only reason I have it open is because it is the start of the Memorial
Day weekend so a lot of people will be out of town. 

There was discussion of trying to make 10 GHz part of the local Field Day
scene. I can say that last year Bruce's 10 GHz QSO's brought the greatest
interest at our Field Day site. (This year our location will not have as
good a shot to the south.... But if you get on the roof, it will work....)

The August UHF Contest is usually seen as a warmup for the 10 GHz Contest
two weeks later. It might be good to have a system sensitivity test day on
August 2 or some day before then. 

I look forward to hearing what you decide.

73, Doug Reed, N0NAS.