[NLRS] Need advice on rover stops for August UHF rove

[Donn, WA2VOI]

Hi Dave.
Its been a few years, but I found several good locations in and around 
Dodgeville.  Not all are "close," but the driving is easy, with good 
roads and pull-offs or such to set up in and operate from.

1) EN43 Cty ZZ east from WI23, approx. 5 mi north of Dodgeville.  Go 
east ~3 mi., past Dyson (?) Rd.  A wide spot south of the road where 
you can pull off.  Park land to the south.  (If you come to Pleasant 
Ridge, you've missed it.)

2) EN42 South of Dodgeville ~1.5 miles. Turn west onto Lover's Lane 
(dirt).  Go around the corner and north to the high spot.  Despite the 
name, there's little traffic, so you can just pull over to the side 
and operate.

3) EN42 In Dodgeville, at the Military Ridge Trail parking lot, maybe 
1000' east of WI23 on Cty YZ.  Not always useable due to being "full."

4) EN53 Brigham Mound County Park.  Just east of Blue Mounds State 
Park.  Exit US18/US151 at Cty 'F' to Blue Mounds.  Look for the signs 
for Brigham Mound.  The parking lot on the south side of the park 
gives good access to the east through south to west (i.e., Chicago, 
etc.)  Trees more or less block access to the north and NW (i.e., 
Minneapolis_ :-(  Cty F continues past Park to north side where 
there's a driveway you could use for access to NW.

I don't recommend Blue Mounds State Park even though the Park is "ham 
friendly" (the Superintendent is a ham) for two reasons: cost to get 
in --not a problem if you have an annual pass-- and the dense foliage 
all around the area at the top.  2m and 222 seem to be OK, but I never 
had good luck with 432 or 1296 unless we were on top of one of the 
Observation Towers.

I never found a "good" or even "fair" location for EN52.  The land 
drops off the "ridge" pretty quickly to the south and I never spent 
much effort looking.  Sorry.  There is some "high ground" south of Mt. 
Horeb along WI78 at Daleyville, ~1150' compared to ~1300 along 
US18/US151.  Take Cty A SW from WI78 just south of Daleyville.  Never 
used this, so you're on your own here.  Good Luck.

Good Hunting.

73 Donn
WA2VOI/0 (mostly ex-Rover)




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Palm" <thepalmhq at gmail.com>
To: "NLRS List" <nlrs at mailman.qth.net>; "Badger Contesters List" 
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Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 9:09 PM
Subject: [NLRS] Need advice on rover stops for August UHF rove


>
>
> I would love to hear from experienced rovers where they would 
> recommend
> stopping during this weekend's rove.
>
> We are planning on starting the contest at the Dodgeville 
> convergence, in
> EN43wx since we're coming down from Westby.  I'm thinking somewhere 
> on
> Military Ridge Rd.  Then we'll go to EN42, then EN53, then EN52.  I 
> have
> spots picked out based on elevation, but if you know of some 
> particularly
> good ones please share.
>
> Then we'll be driving over to Milwaukee to hit EN63 and EN62.  Here 
> I'm
> totally clueless and need any and all help.
>
> We'll be spending the night with family in EN52.  Then Sunday 
> morning we'll
> drive down to EN61 and EN51.  Again, I have no clue where exactly 
> would be
> a good place, so experienced help would be great.
>
> I'm hoping for great weather and a fun rove with my son, KC9JTL. 
> He's
> starting college in the fall, majoring in chemical engineering at
> Benedictine College in Atchison, KS.  I don't know how subsequent 
> summers
> will go for us to rove together, so maybe this is the last one as
> father-son.
>
> I would have preferred one of the contests with a bit more activity, 
> but
> this is the one that worked out schedule-wise.  So....I'd sure 
> appreciate
> any and all of you turning out and looking for us on our rove.  If 
> you know
> you're going to be in the shack and want us specifically to look for 
> you in
> particular grid or grids, please let me know.
>
> If all works out well we should at least be strong on 222.100 and 
> 432.100,
> with a 900 MHz rig in the mix as well.  And we'll be giving out 
> double
> points using the family rule.
>
> Thanks and 73,
>
> David  W9HQ
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