[NLRS] Rovermania: Reaching out to others to generate growth

[John P. Toscano]

jcplatt1 at mmm.com wrote:

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>One thing that seems to be missing in the formula is lack of a reasonably
>serious multiop station.
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>Good point Matt, I think we've talked about this on & off before, but never
>with the focus that you bring.     I can tell you that in years past I've
>done some multi-op'ing ..... sometimes at someone's house, sometimes we do
>a portable Field Day like set up.    The nice thing about the UHF contest
>is that the antennas are small (222 and up) thus making Field Day like
>operations much more easy.    Multi'ops are a great way for a group of guys
>to pool their equipment and knowledge, and to share some fun for a 24 hr
>contest.
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>I specifically remember two muli-ops using a Field Day like set up.     The
>first one was myself, K0TAR, and WB0GGM when we did a 222, 432, 1296
>mulitop from some farmers field that was on a ridge in EN33 some years
>back.     The second multi-op I wasn't a part of, but it was N0HJZ, WA2HFI,
>and K0PJ .   I remember it because they operated from Buck Hill and we had
>a tropo opening where they worked down through KY and GA on 1296 with 10
>watts and a single looper yagi  ..... they may still have the August UHF
>MultiOp record for MN ...... pretty fun stuff.
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>73, Jon
>W0ZQ
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We did a multi-op in the 2001 June VHF contest from the same farm field 
that we used 2 weeks later for the TCRC Field Day event.  It was a 
blast.  Unfortunately, I had problems getting both 902 and 1296 working, 
so we abandoned those two bands and ended up as a limited multi-op.  We 
even got some wallpaper for it.  (N0BEL, KB0ZEV, KB0NES).

Unfortunately, there is reason to believe that the farm field may not be 
available after next week's Field Day operations, but I'd still be 
interested in supporting a serious multi-op effort from somewhere.  I 
could bring gear for 222 thorugh 1296, plus 10 GHz  for sure, and hope 
to have 2304 going also.  (Radios, transverters, amplifiers, power 
supplies, feedlines, antennas).  No spare towers, however, no generator, 
etc.  And trying to do a multi from my home would be an exercise in 
futility.

Any idea how Fred got access to Buck Hill?

73 de W0JT (ex-KB0ZEV)