[NLRS] 222 & Up Distance Contest next weekend

[Dr. Gerald N. Johnson]

So far my plans are to be on from home EN32FH on Saturday, and probably 
rover from home to the Cedar Rapids hamfest hitting the road about 6 AM 
on Sunday and probably leaving the hamfest 10:30 to 11 and roving 
towards home, maybe wander around a grid corner with AC0RA/r. Only on 
432. Reading the 6 digit grids on my GPS is a pain and may require 
pulling over just to read them correctly, unless I can create a scheme 
for a bigger display or mount a magnifier lens and the GPS so I don't 
have to take two hands to hold the pair.

Activity down this way is so minimal, I won the ordinary rover in the 
2015 for the Midwest Division with only 348 points and single operator 
low power 2015 for the Midwest Division with only 48 points. In 2014 my 
rover score was 72 points and I won the Midwest Division.

73, Jerry, K0CQ


On 7/31/2017 7:35 PM, Paul Husby wrote:
>
>
> Sorry I haven't had time to do any promotion on this sooner, but I do
> plan to be on next weekend for the first edition of the new contest. I
> have the usual activity spreadsheet set up, you can find it at:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/AugustUHF2017
>
> Remember that we are exchanging 6-character grid squares now. For most
> of us this isn't a problem, but for the casual operator who might happen
> by it likely will be a problem. If they are at their licensed address,
> the detail page on QRZ.com should give the correct grid. If they are
> somewhere else, good luck...
>
> As for logging, after an inquiry from Bart I realized that the only real
> requirement is that your logging program includes the 6-character grid
> in outputting the Cabrillo file. I use Win-Test which is out of Europe,
> and they are not adding the new contest. So the program will not be able
> to compute my score, but it will produce the proper Cabrillo file. I
> will just set up using the old UHF contest, submit the Cabrillo file,
> and the score will be computed when the log is checked. Easy!
>
> The big cold front is coming through Thursday, so perhaps the weather
> will recover to produce something like average conditions by the
> weekend. Please post your operating plans. Hope to work many of you!
>
> 73
> Paul W0UC
> EN44HamRadio
>
> ______________________________________________________________
> NLRS mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/nlrs
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> Post: mailto:NLRS at mailman.qth.net
>
> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html