[NLRS] 2 Meter Sprint

[Dave Fugleberg]

Glad you got your 10 Qs. I tried to follow you and NR0T up to 432 but could
only hear him.
Anyhow it sounded like fun, and inspired me to try it sometime too.
73 de W0ZF
On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 4:37 PM Richard Clem <clem.law at usa.net> wrote:

>
>
> Thanks to NR0T and W0ZF for waiting around to work me last night.  Between
> running the bands and modes with them, and a few contacts on 40 CW, I
> managed
> to make my 10 QSO's in a half hour.
>
> Also, thanks to K0AWU for trying to make an impossible QSO with my 5 watts
> and
> squalo.  I heard someone sending my call in very weak CW while I was
> driving,
> and I'm about 99% sure that it was him.  It encouraged me to put together
> some
> kind of beam for future roves!
>
> If you haven't yet done any NPOTA operations, please check it out.  If you
> like operating as a rover or doing field day style operations, this is an
> opportunity to do it any time you want, and have an almost immediate
> pileup.
> We have four "National Parks" in the Twin Cities, since operating from
> within
> 100 feet of either the Mississippi or St. Croix rivers qualifies as a park.
> In addition, Interstate State Park in Wisconsin (but not Minnesota) is
> actually an affiliated unit of the National Park Service, and the Ice Age
> Trail that starts at that park is also a "National Park" for purposes of
> this
> event.
>
> Most activity so far is on 40 and 20 meters, but there's no reason you
> can't
> run VHF.  In the June contest, I suspect you could get a lot of QSO's from
> non-contesters by operating from one of the parks.
>
> TNX & 73,
> Rick W0IS
>
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