[NLRS] January VHF Sweeps: KC0IYT/R Plan

[Glen Overby]

The long-range forcast for contest weekend has been getting worse,
but is still looking good enough to venture out in. So, I'm looking
at roving to activate a few grids.  I'll activate anywhere between
4 and 8 grids, depending on weather, roads and conditions.  I'll send
another update on Friday if these plans change significantly.

I plan to hang out on 144.225 and 432.125.  

I should have stacked halos on 432 in additon to the beam, and I'll
try to listen on the halos as much as possible.  I'll use .100 for
222, 902 and up, unless I'm working someone with an SDR in which
case I'll set my IF rig to ".100", let the LO pick my frequency,
and let them find me :-)

	   Local     UTC         
	 From   To From   To  Grid      
Saturday
	 1300-1400 1900-2000  EN35ad    Buffalo   
	 1500-1600 2100-2200  EN25wb    Howard Lake         
	 1700-1800 2300-2400  EN24xw    Winsted   
	 2000-2100 0200-0300  EN34jt    Eagan     
Sunday
	 1200-1300 1800-1900  EN23xw    Beauford  
	 1300-1400 1900-2000  EN33aw    Beauford  
	 1400-1500 2000-2100  pick-up   (en24, en23, en33 as needed)  
	 1800-1900 0000-0100  EN43aw    St. Charles & I90   
	 2000-2100 0200-0300  EN44ab    Altura    
	 2100-2200 0300-0400  Something 

During the operating times specified, I plan to point towards the 
twin cities from 0:15 to 0:35 in the hour.  I make no promises of where
I'll be outside of that.

I may decide to skip going to the Beauford corner; if that happens, I'll
shuffle my schedule around to be:

	1300-1400 1900-2000  EN44ab    Altura
	1500-1600 2100-2200  EN33aw    St. Charles & I90
	1700-1800 2300-0000  EN43aw    St. Charles & I90

I'm using a mixed antenna configuration, with 144-432 beams rotatable
and 902-3456 fixed on the car roof rack.  For those of you I work above
432, that means I have to take a minute to point the car at you.

My mobile antenna farm:

	6m	100W + dipole
	144	175W + 7el/11.5dBi yagi
	222	 25W + 5el/15.6dBi yagi
	432	 35W + 15el/15.7dBi K1FO yagi + stacked halos
	902	 20W + 18el/16.5dBi loop yagi
	1296	  3W + 24el/18dBi loop yagi
	2304	 30W + 45el/20dBi loop yagi
	3456	 40W + 45el/20dBi loop yagi
	5760	  2W + ?? barbecue dish [if downeast delivers it]
	10G	  8W + 18"/32.5dBi dish

New antennas on 222 & 902, new transverter on 902, and maybe 5760.

A copy of this plan, with links to a Google Map plan of my route is at:

http://reality.sgiweb.org/overby/ham/2007-JanVHF