[NLRS] KC0IYT/R UHF Rover Mania preliminary plans

[John P. Toscano]

goverby at charter.net wrote:
> I plan to be in Fargo, ND the weekend of August 7-8.  I'm not sure how much of
> the contest I'll try to work, but I think I'll be on for the first and last
> few hours.  I'm thinking of starting the contest in the EN15-EN16-EN25-EN26
> grid corner near Elbow Lake.  I'll spend about 45 minutes in each grid and
> leave for Fargo by 5pm.  I haven't decided what I'll try working Sunday.
> Given the gear I'm running, I'm probably not going to do well when I'm on the
> west side of the state, so I'll probably head back towards the twin cities.
> 
> I don't have a lot of power, or very large antennas for these bands:
> 
>  222: 5w xverter, dipole.
>  432: IC706MKIIG @ 35W, 23 el. K1FO (homebrew) or 11el (6') QuickYagi
>  902: KK7B 9W xvtr, WA5VJB 9 el. homebrew Yagi
>  1296: DEMI 1296-144 3W, 24el (6') Directive Sys. Loop Yagi
>  10G: DEMI 10368-144, 2W, 18" dish (not completed yet).
> 
> I haven't scouted locations near either grid corner.  If anyone familiar with
> the area would like to make suggestions, I'd appreciate them.  I've looked at
> the area with Radio Mobile and it appears that the best locations in 25 & 26
> are east of Elbow Lake.
> 
> Glen, KC0IYT
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Hi, Glen.  I can't say I found the best spots in that grid corner, but 
if you look at my web page about the September 2002 VHF rove I did, you 
can see the spots I used.

Virtually ALL of Elbow Lake is in EN15/EN16, only a tiny portion of it 
extends into EN25/EN26.  Certainly, none of EN25/EN26 is West of the lake.

My full writeup is here:
   http://www.tc.umn.edu/~tosca005/2002-09-VHF/index.htm

If you have a slow internet connection, you may want to go right to the 
map I have of the locations I worked from:
   http://www.tc.umn.edu/~tosca005/2002-09-VHF/ElbowLakeCorners.jpg

Again, these locations were picked to be very close together (very close 
to the grid intersection), and were poorly scouted in advance.  I did 
not make any attempt to use Radio Mobile on them.  But as the web page 
points out, my first two planned stops (red dots on the map) had to be 
relocated because even though they looked OK on the topo maps and the 
satellite images, it turned out they were located on a private farm 
field with a house, two farm sheds, and a large metal building in the 
way.  So I had to find two more usable locations to replace them.  The 
locations I actually used were the green dots on the map.

Good luck!
73 de W0JT