[NLRS] Meteor scatter on 222 MHz while roving?

[David Palm]

I realize that the focus right now is on the upcoming June contest, but my
attention is out a little further to August.  KC9JTL has graduated from
high school and we're hoping to get one more father/son rove in before he
heads off to college.  So we're putting together what we hope will be a
full-blown roving schedule for August 3-4.  More to come on that.

I'm wondering about the feasibility of doing some meteor scatter skeds on
the Saturday evening of the UHF contest.  Obviously 222 MHz would be the
band of choice and roving brings some additional limitations.  We would be
in suburban Chicago that evening (Lakemoor, IL, EN52 to be precise).

Thanks to KC9BQA we have an Elecraft transverter on 222, so it's a good
low-noise receiver and I can run 100 watts out.  I typically use a
6-element WA5VJB yagi for roving.  But I also have an 8-element N9NB quagi
on a considerably longer boom that I could potentially bring along just for
an evening MS set-up.  Either way, though, these antennas are only going to
be about 10 feet off the ground.

So, the $64K question is whether this is worth gearing up for?  Is the
necessary learning curve worth tackling between now and then, or is it
unlikely realistically to net any significant contacts, even if the
operator is ready to do his part?  I'm just looking for feedback from those
who have some experience in this mode, on this band.

Thanks and 73,

David  W9HQ