[NLRS] Back to Lake Superior for August 2018 10G Cumulative

Thu Nov 9 18:11:05 EST 2017

Eagle Harbor and Mt. Brockway were interesting operating locations in 
2012. I turned in a score of 54,801 good for 8th in the world and the 
certificate says 8th call area winner. A few of us at the end of the day 
on Sunday on Brockway worked K2YAZ in lower Michigan. We had to move 
east on Brockway to get around higher hills to the south. I did see some 
long distance contacts made from Brockway on 24G and failures on higher 
bands. Has the management on top of Brockway changed since then? Are we 
still welcome? Brockway's height made up for avoiding lake effect that 
we took advantage of from Eagle Harbor.

I drove 2200 miles for that weekend in 2012. I started out on Thursday 9 
days before the contest, visited threshing shows at Almelund, Rose City, 
and Blackberry near K0AWU who I also visited. The show at Almelund was 
very large, the show at Rose City very small, and the show at Blackberry 
in between. Then I went north and east and visited a few museums up to 
Ely and then went south east to the north shore and over nighted at 
Grand Marais. And then went down the north shore missing some of the 
tourist attractions and visited museums, ships, and aquarium at Duluth, 
and Superior. Then I headed for the Keneewaw Peninsula and camped for 
the weekend at the state park east of Copper Harbor. It took two full 
days to drive home after the weekend. At the moment the Airstream is 
without an axle sitting on blocks but I do have a replacement axle that 
looks like its going to take some considerable work to get it to fit. 
Not a winter project with no heat in the machine shed where its parked.

I have plans for 24 GHz but haven't made any progress that I can detect. 
I'd wish for 10 watts and a good preamp for the 10 GHz rig because I 
know from roving beside Gary that he works stations I can't detect, same 
thing with Bruce on Brockway after many had left late on Sunday. The 
preamp is more likely to be accomplished in the next 9 months.

Last time I brought along a Honda generator to do battery charging, but 
only an empty gas can and I found no gasoline available in Copper Harber.

The pickdup gets 16 mpg without the Airstream and 15 mpg with the 
Airstream. Roving with the Airstream won't work well because unless I 
make some changes in the hitch area I can't open the pickup tailgate to 
get to the rig in the bed and making a U turn on a country road with the 
Airstream is not possible. So pulling the Airstream doesn't make for a 
rover rig. When I have had it on a rove, its been park it for three 
nights in the middle of the roving area and rove without it. Like at the 
state park east of Copper Harbor.

Lots of time to make plans and reservations. That state park was fairly 
popular for campers in 2012.

40 meters or 2m SSB might be workable for alternatives to cell phones. 
Since 2012 I changed my Tracfone from GSM to CDMA and I haven't found a 
place it doesn't work. There were many places the GSM didn't work. I do 
have a power cable for an FT-857D for the pickup and Hustler mobile 
antennas and a dual band (144/432) halo mount on the pickup. I don't 
have the Hustlers mounted though. I have used that particular FT-857 for 
UHF contest roving the past couple years.

73, Jerry, K0CQ

On 11/9/2017 3:06 PM, WA2VOI, Donn wrote:
>
>
> Hi Gary.
>
> Its not to early to get started... especially if we have a good turn-out.
>
> I'm in, with 10GHz for sure. Even though I've been saying "any time now"
> with regard to 24GHz SSB, I'll REALLY try to have it for next August.
> Given a preference, I'll opt for the Keweenaw and Copper Harbor.
>
> 73 Donn
> WA2VOI
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary2" <wb0ljc at comcast.net>
> To: "NLRS" <nlrs at mailman.qth.net>; "10GHzContest"
> <10ghzcontest at www.chris.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2017 4:47 PM
> Subject: [NLRS] Back to Lake Superior for August 2018 10G Cumulative
>
>
>>
>>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> It's some time away, but it may be time to start planning for next
>> years vacations.
>>
>> The NLRS Microwave ops are planning to go back to Lake Superior for
>> the August weekend, August 18th and 19th, of the 2018 10 GHz
>> Cumulative contest. We invite all interested parties to join us.
>>
>> The primary band will be 10 GHz, as that's the band all of the ops
>> have equipment for, 24 GHz, where a number of ops have
>> stations that should be operating and some 47 GHz and 76/8 GHz.
>> Barry, VE4MA, plans to bring all four bands and has loaner equipment
>> for the higher bands that he would like to work from the Canadian
>> North Shore to the Michigan UP.
>>
>> Stations will be located on the Minnesota North Shore, the Michigan
>> Upper Peninsula, the Canadian North Shore and maybe on the Eastern
>> end of the lake near Wawa, Ontario.
>>
>> If you are interested in joining us please let me know and start
>> making your
>> travel plans.
>>
>> 73, Gary WBØLJC
>>
>>
>>
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