[NLRS] 2017 August 10G Cumulative weekend

[Gregg Lind]

I plan to visit my brother, we have visited this park - a number of times
in Scottsbluff, NE and a great view of 360 in all directions. We plan to be
in the park during the eclipse. Had not thought of 10GHZ but maybe
interested.... in NE operations... as we have plans to travel out Sat/or
Sunday to my brothers home in Bridgeport NE to be in the Eclipse Zone.

Towering 800 feet above the North Platte River, Scotts Bluff has served as
a landmark for peoples from Native Americans to emigrants on the Oregon,
California and Mormon Trails to modern travelers. Rich with geological and
paleontological history as well as human history, there is much to discover
while exploring the 3,000 acres of Scotts Bluff National Monument.

https://www.nps.gov/scbl/index.htm


Gregg KC0SKM

On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 2:53 PM, wb0ljc <wb0ljc at comcast.net> wrote:

>
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> Planning for the Nebraska eclipse trip started more then a year ago
> when Donn said he was going to view the eclipse. Then the realization
> came that the 10 G Cumulative was the Saturday and Sunday before the
> eclipse. The result is that people decided to bring their 10 G equipment.
>
> I started thinking about where we could go and still be able to work
> both Buck Hill and the Neb ops. The result is, I plan to rove in West
> Central
> Iowa starting near the Ellsworth site Jerry has mentioned and traveling
> generally west on I-20. The Neb groups plan to run North and South
> routes. On Saturday the North group starts near Norfolk and ends the
> day near Ainsworth, while the south group starts near Beatrice and ends
> the day near Holdrege. I have looked at the distances from Ellsworth and
> they are workable, 330 and 350 km. Buck hill has been worked from there
> many times. If the rovers end the day near Holstein, IA the distances
> are longer, 350, 400 and 310km. The last is to Buck Hill. Workable, but
> getting a little long. One of the WSJT modes should make the paths to Neb.
> I would like to run with the Neb ops 4 to 6 times on Saturday and maybe
> 1-2 early Sunday morning. The Sunday rover path would have us heading
> back East, probably 20 miles North of the Saturday route. We have been
> to this area before and worked the hill.
>
> The alternative, if weather and conditions allow, is to continue further
> West and end Saturday to the East of Souix City. The distances here
> are a little shorter, 300 to Ainsworth, 350 to Holdrege but 340 to BH.
>
> Weather could change everything. In that case we will have to see what
> the weather conditions allow.
>
> The problem with an I-20 route is that we will need sites that are good
> to BH from 0 to about 45 degrees and 270 to 230 degrees to the Neb ops.
> I was hoping that we could find overpasses but I haven't seen to many
> of them when going west.
>
> For September I would like to run nearly the same route that we did last
> year. We know more about the route now so I would like to try with
> YAZ and the other Illinois fixed ops. We didn't get much of a chance
> last year.
>
> Lake Superior has on the calendar for 2018 for some time. Fast
> Eddie requested that we go back to the Lake at Aurora last year.
> I would have pushed for it this year, but there was the eclipse trip.
> Barry, there hasn't been much interest around here in getting the
> bands above 10 G going. A number of us have parts, etc, but with
> no one else to work there has been no progress. The only working
> units that are capable of working a good distance are on loan to ZQ
> from KMØT. The most likely paths for bands above 10 G are
> from the UP to Canada or UP to the MN North Shore. Most of the North
> Shore sites are blocked to the Marathon and Terrace Bay sites you
> have used in Canada. Also, unless conditions are bad we should be
> able to span the lake to Wawa from a number of sites on the NS.
> August is definitely the preferred month. We have been up there
> in September, much cooler and a lot more wind. If we went to Superior
> this September we wouldn't have the Michigan ops. They spend the
> weekend on Lake Michigan. Airplane scatter across the lake is of
> limited use. I have looked with the Airplane scatter program and don't
> seen very many planes passing through the area.
>
> Who would like to join me in Central Iowa?
>
> 73, Gary WBØLJC
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