[NLRS] N9TTX/R VHF Schedule

[Dave Aho - N9TTX]

N9TTX Rover Schedule for ARRL Sept. VHF Contest


	Well, hopefully the bands will be open this year. 
Not only am I activating a bunch of grids, I am also
trying to scout out good spots on my planned out
routes for future contests in the VHF/UHF realm.  
Anyhow, here is the station breakdown and plans:

736R radio driving:  2-Meters:  150 watt into a 7
element
			222 MHz:  30 watts into a 10 element ex-dopplar
yagi
			1296 Mhz: 18 watts into a 35 el. EZ M2 yagi
726R radio driving:	6-Meters:  150 watt into looper
			432 MHz:  100 watt into a 2/3 of a 25 el. K1FO
	SSB/CW/FM (horizontal polarization)

2-Meter FM??:  50 Watts into a vertical whip

Frequencies:  (SSB/CW)
I will run the road around 144.200 and 50.125 if there
is no activity or sparse activity.  I will have
liaison/run frequencies of :
50.185
144.185
222.085
432.085
1296.100 or wherever

I will frequently monitor 146.550 FM throughout the
contest if I get the whip antenna refed.

Hopefully the inverter will work this time for
computer logging
though I may end up manually logging
and I am bringing a straight key just in case, just
because I get a LOT of hash noise when it is running.

Schedule
	I will try and hold this as close as I can to the
projected times, mainly as I want to cover as much
ground as I can for future Rover sites
and for a
planned overnight stay in the Twin Ports.  I will make
an effort to pull anyone I hear out of the mud, so
times may adjust.  

18:00	EN47/37 	Hwy 44	(Drive/Sit)			47*02’	 91*58’
19:00  EN37/36	Hwy 44          (Sit-EN37) Drive to
Duluth (EN36)
20:00	EN36		hwys 44/4/53 (drive) to Enger tower (sit)
47*01’  92*01’
21:00	EN46		Hwy 53 South (drive)   Minong ridge
(sit??)
22:00	EN45		Hwy 53 South (drive-possible sit)  hwy 64
West
23:00	EN45/35	hwy 64 toward New Richmond
00:00	EN35/EN34	South of I-94.on hwy 65  tower site
44*55’  92*33’
01:00	EN34/EN44	I-94 to Eau Claire
02:00	EN44		I-94 to home/sleep after 03:30pm	

08:30	EN44/EN43	Road (Hwy 93 to I-90 at St.Charles)
09:00 	EN44/EN43	same
10:00 	EN33		St. Charles, MN				43*55’  92*05
11:00	EN43		I-90
12:00	EN43		I-90/94
13:00 	EN53		Hwy82/23 toward Fond du Lac
14:00 	EN53		same
15:00	EN63		Hwy 23 to 43North by Sheboygan
16:00	EN64		Hwy 43 to Green Bay
17:00	EN54		Hwy 43 through GB to 41/141, then 41 to
Marinette
18:00	EN64		Hwy 41 to Marinette
18:30	EN65		Hwy 41 to US 2 toward Iron Mountain
19:00 	EN65		Same
20:00	EN66		back hwys to Humboldt/Ishpeming 
21:00	EN56		Hwy 41 to Houghton
22:00	EN57		Hwy 26.41 to Copper Harbor
22:30	EN67		Copper Harbor area
23:30	EN57		hwy 26/41 South
00:30	EN56		Hwy 45 South
01:00	EN56		Same
02:00	EN55		Hwy 45 to hwy C (starks tower site)	45*40’
  89*20’
03:00	ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
.  

I should be holding times fairly close
at least within
30 minutes, unless I get long winded or have issues
en-route.  The only questionable times so far are the
ones in Michigan, as I have not traveled those roads
often enough. 

Hope to hear a lot of you this weekend.  Good Luck.




I modulate, therefore I am!
               ...73, and all that jazz,


                 Dave...N9TTX


Always remember:  "It could be worse.....it could be raining."
                             Marty Feldman from "Young Frankenstein"


       
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