[NLRS] Heads Up For Lonsdale/Vasa 10gigers

[jcplatt1 at mmm.com]

I did not see much discussion on the following important point and I want
to make sure that those who plan to operate at Lonsdale this Saturday are
aware of this (also, we did not have any Lonsdale op's at our meeting last
week).    Please be aware that the rovers will be looking for Lonsdale on
10370.500 (146.500 on most IF rigs).      This will allow the rovers to
work Sisseton on 10368.100 (144.100 on most IF rigs) while still
(hopefully) working Lonsdale on the second freq.
Specifically, from Bruce's operation plan that he published a few days ago:

Lonsdale:  Whenever ready on Saturday, Lonsdale should cell phone Rovers
indicating they are ready.  At the next stop, Rovers will begin attempts
with Lonsdale on frequency 10370.500 (146.500ssb on most IF rigs).  If
one-minute sequences are required with Rovers, Lonsdale will transmit on
EVEN minutes.  Lonsdale operators should be ready to be contacted in the
same order by Rovers. Rovers will control the QSO and be the calling
station.  When ready, Lonsdale should cell phone Sisseton to indicate their
readiness to make contacts.  If sequences are required with Sisseton,
Lonsdale will transmit on ODD minutes.  Lonsdale Church is on Hwy 19 west
of I-35.  On south side of road at an intersection.  Sunday will be very
similar but from a different site such as Vasa or Cannon Falls.  Cell phone
the Rovers and Sisseton whenever ready.  KCØP supplies directions to Vasa:
The most direct approach is to take MN 19 east from Cannon Falls past the
Vasa church about a mile to Smaland road. The inter-section on MN 19 is
marked Goodhue CR 51 to the south and Smaland RD is the gravel to the
north. There is also a small power substation at this intersection. Take
Smaland RD about 2 miles north to 293 RD and west on 293 RD to the top of
the hill. You can see an arc all the way from Madelia 248 deg to Sissiton
292 deg unobstructed. I would estimate the horizon is 3 to 5 miles away.
This is an E/W road at 270 deg with beans to the south and we can see over
the corn to  the north.


You can see the full operational plan at:

Version 1.0 of the OPS PLAN is available as a Word .doc at:
http://w9fz.com/10gsuperior/nlrs2005ver10.doc
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73, Jon
W0ZQ