[NLRS] 2009 UHF Contest Planning

[N0HJZ at aol.com]

Hi All - 

>From the emails I have seen,  propagation, activity and scores were up this 
year in the UHF Contest!   

I had sent out an email a month ago to ask about next years UHF  Contest.  I 
wanted to put together a large multi-op on Buck Hill ski area  in EN34 and 
also send out a bunch of rovers to activate lots of grids.  The  goal would be to 
run up a HUGE score for the multi-op and other stations who  will be on the 
air and have a LOT of fun!

I asked to see if I could get a  planning team together to work out all the 
details (and there will be hundreds  of details to work out).  I think we will 
need many, many more people  involved but I had the following volunteers to 
help:

Jim, K0MHC - (Great  to have someone from the northwest to help with activity 
in that area & also  rove!)
Ron, KA0RYT - (Ron, I'm hoping you can deliver a smokin' hot 432  set-up to 
the multi-op!)
Tim, K0PG - (Tim will know the Chicago area folks  and will help with roving!)
Bruce, W9FZ - (Bruce has some reflector ideas and  tons of roving experience!)
Todd, KC9BQA - (Todd will get activity ready in  Milwaukee and Chicago and 
help with planning!)

We will still need others  to help plan the multi-op, rovers, activity (Sioux 
Falls, Cedar Rapids, Des  Moines, etc.), etc.  If you'd like to help, please 
let me know.

You  will be hearing updates as we move forward over the next year.  I hope 
we  can present a full plan at AURORA '09 to show you all our progress.  In the 
 mean time, let me know if you'd like to help. 

Thanks in advance for  (hopefully) making this a HUGE event for the Upper 
Midwest!

Rich N0HJZ  




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