[NLRS] More food for thought, 10 GHz VUCC

[John P. Toscano]

After the weekend was over, it dawned on me that some of the UP folks 
should have earned their 10 GHz VUCC.  The NS folks activated EN36, 
EN46, EN47, and EN57.  However, most of those QSO's were made with the 
UP folks while they were in EN57, so they would have needed one more 
grid to make 5, and working the other UP operators wouldn't have helped 
if they also worked us in Grand Portage (EN57dw) to get all 4 grids we 
activated.  If they worked Terrace Bay (EN68) and/or Wawa (EN77), they 
should be set for VUCC if the caught us in most or all of our four major 
grids.

I wonder, for the folks that have driven the North Shore more than me 
(this was my first trip to the North Shore, believe it or not!), if 
there are any usable locations further northeast up Highway 61 where it 
(barely) crosses into EN58 (just before and up to the Canadian boarder). 
  Or just before there, I see a couple of small roads that loop 
northward from 61 and then back south, which pass into EN58 as they go 
up a small hill.  I wonder if the high point on that little road is high 
enough in elevation to have a clear shot to one of the UP sites.

Another possibility might be to make Q's from Brockway (EN67) with all 
the North Shore sites, then the intra-team Q's would make the 5th grid. 
  I realize that Brockway's elevation is not always helpful.  While I 
made QSO's with most of the UP team at Brockway while I was at Grand 
Marais (178 Km), I had a devil of a time making a single CW QSO to 
Brockway from the only other spot I tried (Thompson Hill Rest Stop, 
EN36vr, 333 Km, my best DX on 10 GHz).

73 de W0JT