[NLRS] ARRL June VHF+ contest

Tue May 24 16:24:56 EDT 2016

At Dayton, Matt (K0BBC), Dave (W0ZF), and I were thinking about
putting together a rover pack to do the Winsted corner (EN24, EN34,
EN25, EN35), and possibly other places as well (Summit, SD?).  We are
trying to recruit some newer hams from the Bloomington club to join us
for the operation, and they might bring their own (probably FM-only)
rover or join us as second operators.

The three of us bought 223 MHz FM handhelds at Dayton, so we are now
all on that band with at least a little bit of capability (and given
the quality of the radios, possibly on a few other bands too!).  For
2.4 GHz, we are planning to use the mesh networking WiFi gear, and use
it to do no-digipeat point-to-point links, where we can then chat via
a web app.  It's ugly, but it's two new bands for two of us,
translating to lots of points after grid circling.

I would think that a rover pack trip to somewhere near the Mississippi
River (RV04) would be quite possible.  The 3-fer at Ice Age Trail/Ice
Age Scientific Reserve/St. Croix River over in St. Croix Falls, WI, is
not a great spot for VHF/UHF-only operation: it's part-way down into
the valley, with a lot of visitor traffic in and around the
intersection point.

My operation is likely to be rover one day (Saturday?) and operate
from home the other, but I'm open to crazy plans (e.g. stay near Fargo
Saturday night, then down I-29 to I-90 and back to the Cities).

73,
  Bill
AE0EE

On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 8:03 AM, Jon Platt via NLRS
<nlrs at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
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> Hello NLRS land -
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> 6m's has been popping open a little bit as of late, and the Hepburn Tropo maps are again showing me that my color monitor is actually working, so it must be time for the ARRL's June VHF contest.  The contest begins 1800 UTC Saturday June 11 and runs through 0259 UTC Monday June 13.  Full rules for this fun summer time event can be found at http://www.arrl.org/june-vhf  .   The pending Memorial Day weekend can be a good time to work on your rover or fixed station.
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> Assuming that it isn't too hot ...... W0ZQ/R plans to be out and about, 6m through 10 GHz.  My routes and plans are tbd but plans are to optimize the fun factor.   What is everyone else up to ?   How about a NPOTA meets June VHF contest operation, try some simple roving or portable operations for the first time, or add a new band.
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> 73, Jon
> W0ZQ/R
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