[NLRS] RoverMania - W0ZQ/R Preliminary plans

[jcplatt1 at mmm.com]

Weather and other stuff dependent, I am planning on a 24 hr rover operation
for the August UHF contest.    The route that I am currently looking at
will cover twelve grids in southern MN and northern Iowa.    I am currently
estimating one hour of operating time in each grid which will put some
pressure on the fix stations to find me and work me before I move on.    I
plan on 20 minutes to move to adjoining grids, and for major moves to the
next grid corner 2 hrs for north/south moves and 2.5 hrs for east/west
moves.    I will be capable of working on the fly as best possible using
small boom yagis fixed to the car on all bands, but will also have a
stacked pair of omni's on 222.

Here is my (preliminary) proposed route & times:

EN24  1:00 PM     Bueford, MN grid corner.   Skip EN34 until Sunday.
EN23  2:20 PM     Bueford
EN33  3:40 PM     Bueford
EN32  6:40 PM    Near Algona, Io
EN22  8:00 PM    Near Algona
EN12  11:30 PM   Near Orange City, Io.
EN13  12:50 AM   Near Orange City, Mike, have breakfast ready !
EN14    3:35 AM   Near Lake Wilson, MN
EN15    6:20 AM   Near Madision, MN
EN25    9:35 AM   Winstead, MN
EN35  10:55 AM   Winstead
EN34  12:15 AM   Home & sleep.

As of right now, my rover station will have the following bands (a lot of
construction underway ! ):

222     120 watts, pair of stacked omnis.   I may add a small yagi if I can
find one.   Anyone have one that I can borrow ?
432      I'll have something .... my FT100D is broke right now.   6' boom
yagi.
1296   50 watts and 6' boom loop yagi
2304   6 watts and 6' boom loop yagi
3456   Under construction.   40 watts and 5' boom yagi
10G    22" dish and 6 watts.   This will need to be deployed at each stop.

If I get all this work done in time I may look at adding 902 somehow, but
right now its a bridge to far.    I plan to use 222.150 as my primary freq
and .150 for all other bands (432.150, 1296.150, 2304.150, 3456.150, and
10,368.150).

73, Jon
W0ZQ