[NLRS] SOTA Activation Thursday

[Allan]

Newbie FAQ: I've hiked up to Oberg Mountain on the Superior hiking trail 
and thought of operating there sometime... Etc.

I discover SOTA has this idea well organized!

Alas, http://www.sotadata.org.uk/summits.aspx shows no association nor 
summits for Minnesota.

Allan
WB0WHD

On 07/19/2016 10:25 AM, Larry Peterson wrote:
>
>
> I plan a Summits on the Air (SOTA) activation of Rib Mountain 
> W9/WI-004 on Thursday, July 21.
>
> Karl WD9BGA and I will attempt some DX contacts from his Blue Mounds 
> State Park location in the morning, starting perhaps around 8:30 am.
>
> I will operate SSB (and maybe CW depending on conditions) on:
>
>  * 2m at 144.200 MHz
>  * 70cm at 432.100 MHz
>  * 23cm at 1296.100 MHz
>
> For operations on VHF, UHF and microwave frequencies, scheduling works 
> well.   For my partners operating on 20m and 40m, spotting via 
> SOTAWatch is preferable.
>
> We communicate prior to the attempted transmissions via a 2 meter 
> backbone, either the statewide, linked WECOMM on 2m or the Wisconsin 
> Interstate Network (WIN) on 70cm.
>
> I am looking for any others who are available on Thursday and would 
> like to schedule a QSO on one of these bands.  You can also get SOTA 
> Chaser points, if you wish, at http://www.sota.org.uk/ by logging me 
> in the database.
>
> 73,
>
> Larry WB9KMW
>
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