[NLRS] 2 Meter Sprint

Mon Apr 4 14:58:27 EDT 2016

I have learned that the 2 meter sprint is not tonight but actually next week,
the 11th!

https://sites.google.com/site/springvhfupsprints/home/2016-information

But I think I'll go ahead and do it tonight (April 4) anyway, probably
starting at about 8:45.  I will do only EN34, and I will be parked.  For the
highest likelihood of getting 10 QSO's, I'll plan on doing both 2 meters and
432, both SSB and CW.  If possible, please try to work me on all band/modes. 
After I've worked as many as I can on 2 meters and 432, I'll go to 40 CW, on
or near 7035.  

I will start on SSB on 144.200.  I'll be in St. Paul near the point where
Summitt Avenue ends near the river.  

Frequencies will be:

144.200, SSB & CW
432.120, SSB & CW
146.55 FM (horizontal, probably only a very short call)
7.035 CW (approximate frequency)

I'll give you a signal report and "RV04," and I will need a signal report and
state.  You do not need to upload to LOTW, but if you do, it will put you on
the leader board for NPOTA.

TNX & 73,
Rick W0IS

------ Original Message ------
Received: Sun, 03 Apr 2016 06:21:42 PM CDT
From: ka0ryt1 <ka0ryt1 at yahoo.com>
To: Richard Clem <clem.law at usa.net>, nlrs at mailman.qth.net
Subject: RE: [NLRS] 2 Meter Sprint

> Hello Rick and everyone! I am glad to see that thereWILL be some activity
for the CSVHF sponsored 144 Spring Sprint .....I don't think that I will be
doing any FM with my setup but would.like the opportunity to give it a try if
you bring along ANY SSB /CW/Digital gear ......
> I am wondering who else will be participating for the NLRS group ??? 73 -
Ron KA0RYT
> 
> 
> From my Android phone on T-Mobile. The first nationwide 4G network.
> 
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Richard Clem <clem.law at usa.net> 
> Date: 04/03/2016  6:00 PM  (GMT-06:00) 
> To: nlrs at mailman.qth.net 
> Subject: [NLRS] 2 Meter Sprint 
>  
> 
> 
> Hello, NLRS!
> 
> How much FM activity will there be in the sprint?
> 
> The reason I'm asking is that I want to do an unusual rover operation, and
> this would be a good opportunity.
> 
> I want to do an activation for National Parks On The Air (NPOTA) using only
my
> $30 Baofeng handheld.  Until this event, I was unaware that we had a
"National
> Park" in the Twin Cities, but the Mississippi National River and Recreation
> Area is a unit of the National Park Service, and for purposes of NPOTA, any
> operation within 100 feet of the water counts as operation from a National
> Park.
> 
> There seem to be quite a few hams who own nothing other than a cheap
handheld.
> And if I owned nothing but a cheap handheld (or even an expensive
handheld),
> I would quickly lose interest in ham radio.  So to promote some interest,
I
> like to show that it's possible to do more interesting things than just
talk
> through repeaters.  And hopefully, that will encourage interest in other
> activities.
> 
> In order for my activation to qualify, I will need to make at least 10
simplex
> QSO's.  So hopefully, I can make a total of 10 QSO's from EN34 and EN35. 
The
> chances of that happening at random are pretty slim.  But if a few big
guns
> are on the air, it shouldn't be difficult.
> 
> So before I head out, I want to know if there's any interest.  I'm not
sure
> exactly what my schedule looks like Monday night (or even if I can do it at
> all).  But I could probably be near the Lowry Avenue Bridge in Minneapolis
> (EN35) at about 7:15, and then at a location in St. Paul (probably near
Summit
> Avenue) at about 8:30.  
> 
> To make it easier to get my required 10 QSO's, I would also appreciate
another
> QSO on 440 after we connect on 2.  If I work 3 stations on 2 bands at each
> grid square, that would give me my 10 QSO's.  QSO's with 10 different
stations
> would be even more impressive.
> 
> If anyone thinks they might be able to listen for me, please send me a
direct
> e-mail to clem.law at usa.net.  If it looks like I have enough interest, I'll
> reply with a more accurate schedule.  (I get the digest version of the
mailing
> list, so please add my address to the reply so that I'll get it right
away.)
> 
> I'll plan on using 146.55, and then QSY to 446.0 if we make contact.  In
> addition to giving the grid square for the sprint, I'll give a signal
report
> and "RV04" for the park identifier.  In addition to your grid for the
sprint,
> I will need a signal report and state (although if I miss it, I'll probably
be
> able to figure out what state you're in.)
> 
> TNX & 73,
> Rick W0IS
> 
> 
> >>>>>>On Sunday, April 3, 2016 2:57 PM, Ronald Bergantzel
<ka0ryt1 at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hello everyone - I just wanted to remind everyone that the Spring Sprint
that
> is sponsored by CSVHF is next Monday evening? - starting at 7pm local?time
> .....
> I am ill be guessing that this year there will be more participation on the
2
> meter Spring Sprint because?it is being held close by .... C? U next Monday
> night !! Ron? KA0RYT EN35 
> 
> 
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