[NLRS] 2017 ARRL 10 GHz & Up Contest

[Zack Widup]

I was wondering about the trees in the summer. Another possibility is Bald
Knob in southern Illinois. I have been there and operated from there on
VHF. It has a superb view in all directions (no trees). My friend Bob N5RP
lives just down the road. In the past, some groups have been allowed to
actually set up antennas on the 110 foot cross there. I don't know if that
would be still allowed, though, as it's changed ownership several times
since then. But operation from the hilltop would certainly be OK.

73, Zack W9SZ


On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 10:02 AM, Dr. Gerald N. Johnson <geraldj at netins.net>
wrote:

>
>
> Taum Sauk ought to be interesting but frustrating. Likely where its not
> covered in water its covered with trees. The top of the mountain is a man
> made lake. A power plant at the foot of the mountain pumps water up to the
> lake on top when electric power consumption is low (midnight to dawn most
> likely) then during utility peak load periods the power plant runs water
> down the hill to generate power, likely summer afternoons when
> airconditioning loads peak. So it keeps the coal plants running closer to
> full load when customer consumption is down and helps supply load peaks.
> Should be an interesting visit for an engineer. There is at least one
> campground below the summit. Some campers drowned a few years ago when they
> overpumped the lake and it overflowed down through a campground. It may be
> the oldest pumped storage electric power plant in the world. It is I think
> the highest point in Missouri. With at least one campground near the top
> and needing to maintain the lake there must be one or more roads up the
> mountain. I haven't been there.
>
> 73, Jerry, K0CQ
>
>
>
> On 2/28/2017 8:42 AM, Zack Widup wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> I also have been thinking about going to somewhere that is near the path
>> of
>> eclipse totality for the August contest. I usually do not make many QSO's
>> in August compared to the Lake Michigan rove in September. I plan on doing
>> that again, too.
>>
>> Not sure exactly where I will be in August. I've been thinking that Tom
>> Sauk Mountain in Missouri could be interesting. But I know nothing about
>> that site. I'll have to ask the St. Louis gang about it.
>>
>> 73, Zack W9SZ
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 7:56 AM, Jon Platt via NLRS<nlrs at mailman.qth.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> For August I do plan to be with the eclipse-o-mania group in NE.  Its a
>>> blend of roving, site seeing, 10GHzing, on our way to the primary goal of
>>> seeing the eclipse.  I doubt it will produce a lot of 10 GHz contest
>>> points, but that isn't the goal.
>>>
>>> Regarding club scores,there is no club competition in the ARRL 10 GHz
>>> contest.  This differs from the SBMS 2.3 GHZ&  Above contest where there
>>> is
>>>
>>> a club aggregated score with a club competition.  Its easy to get these
>>> two
>>> events mixed up.
>>>
>>> September 2017 is open (no eclipse!) and perhaps that may be a good time
>>> to scout/play Superior for a major effort in 2018?   Lake tropo is
>>> probably
>>> better in August , if there is to be any, but who can predicted.
>>>
>>> 73, Jon
>>> W0ZQ
>>>
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