[NLRS] KC0IYT/R Jan 06 VHF

[Glen Overby]

Here's what it looks like my plans are for the January VHF+ contest.  

I'm planning a relaxing 7 grid rove, with options for 8 and 9 grids.

I plan to be on 144.230 and 432.130.

I plan to be 100% battery operated, and only power up the transverters when
they are needed.  My idle current draw for the transverters and it's IF rig is
2.5A and that is a substantial load on the battery.

I've scheduled 90 or 120 minutes per grid.  I will monitor the two freqencies
for the first 45-60 minutes; after that I'm going to be hunt-and-pounce.  I'll
try to keep an ear on one of those frequencies all the time, but no
guarantees.

My  transportable antenna farm currently looks like:

	6m	100W + dipole
	144	175W + 3el
	222	  5W + 4el yagi	(MAYBE)
	432	 35W + 11el yagi
	902	 ~9W + 9el WA5VJB
	1296	  3W + 23el loop yagi
	2304	 30W + 27el loop yagi
	3456	 40W + 45el loop yagi
	10G	  2W + 18"dish

		My 222 is a "maybe" because I was modifying it for PTT over
		the coax, like my other transverters, and now it's not hearing
		The Beacon.  For a while it wasn't putting out RF, either.

Place		Grid	Start	End	Travel
Home		EN34js		1030	2:30	[ Saturday ]
Cokato[1]	EN24vx	1300	1430	0:30
Cokato[1]	EN25va	1500	1630	1:30
Ridgeway	EN35??	1800	1930	0:30
Eagan		EN34js	2000	2130
Home		ZZZZzz	2200	0800	2:30	[ Sunday ]
Utica		EN44aa	1030	1200	1:00
St Charles	EN43aw	1300	1500	0:30
St Charles	EN33xw	1530	1730	2:30

	At that point, I'll pick one of 3 options: head home, head for
	Beauford to work EN23 or West Union, IA to work from two new-to-me
	grids EN42 & EN32 (I know those are in low areas).

Beauford	EN23	2000	2200	2:30

West Union	EN32	2000	2100	0:30
West Union	EN42	2130	2200	3:00
Home			0100

[1] I hope to find a spot where roads let me park near the 45 degree grid
line, a few miles south of Cokato.  This is west of Winsted, where I've
operated before, but hopefully will have as good or better terrain.  As a
fall-back plan if I don't find spots or they seem to be non-productive, I'll
use the old spots:

	Winsted		EN24xw
	Howard Lake	EN25wb

I hope to hear lots of you during the contest!

73,
Glen, KC0IYT