[NLRS] August Contest

[David Palm]

Hi Chris,

For starters, I want to say that it's good to hear about your wife's
recovery.  That must be a huge blessing.

Glad that you're getting back into radio.  I had to completely sit out the
June contest and also Field Day.  That hurt!  But I am pushing hard to keep
the August contest inviolate on the calendar.

My personal goal is to be QRV on 222, 432, 902, and 1296.  The first two are
easy--already have those.  The second two are within reach, but will require
sustained effort between now and then.

The plan currently is for Christopher (KC9JTL) and me to rove from La Crosse
to the Twin Cities and back.  So we'd start from Granddad Bluff, hit the new
grid in Rochester, then hit a new grid that evening in the Cities, then
reverse the whole thing going home.

I hope there will be a spreadsheet available to see other peoples' plans.
What I'd really like to see is another multi-op from Buck Hill for that
contest, with rovers fanning out all around.  Anybody up for taking on that
challenge?

I can't help you with the details about SMA connectors, but I'll bet
somebody else will chime in on that.  Welcome back to radio and maybe we'll
work you from EN43 in August.

73,

David  W9HQ



On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 12:29 PM, Chris Salinas <n0ttw at yahoo.com> wrote:

>
>
> Hi Folks,
>
> I know it's been awhile since I've been on the radio, but I'm slowly
> getting
> back into it. Wife (KC0RAD) is doing better and she is cancer free
> (doctor's
> words). So I'm slowly getting back into my hobbies.
>
> August UHF contest is coming up (my favorite contest) and I'm planning on
> some
> rewiring of my antenna system because of the addition of 902/3 and some new
> coax
> (LMR600 for 432 to 1.2G).
>
>
> Just wondering if someone has a google spreadsheet for this contest or is
> planning to have one up soon.
>
>
> Also would like some info (like a good website) on using/installing SMA
> connectors to hard coax and how to properly bend hard coax.  Reason being
> is
> I'll be working on tower-mounted RF Amp/pre-amp system for 2304 for next
> year.
> Amp, pre-amp and relays have SMA connectors and I have never worked with
> SMA
> connectors (as well as working with 2304 and above). Plus any accessories
> that
> work at 2304 (power meter, SWR meter, etc) that I could build or buy.
>
> Look forward to the responses,
> Chris N0TTW
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