[NLRS] [10ghzcontest] August 2018 10 GHz Cumulative on Lake Superior

[Dr. Gerald N. Johnson]

KL7UW and wife plan to be with the group near Copper Harbor as part of a 
lower 48 summer tour.

I am still undecided. I was at the overlook and MT Brockway in 2012. 
Donn had loaned me a 3 watt PA and it worked great. I built my own 
before September and ended up with an ARRL certificate for 8th in the 
world and the 8th call area winner.

My Airstream that I camped in the state park east of Copper Harbor is 
sitting on blocks. I took the torsion axle out a couple years ago and 
the replacement that I ordered isn't an instant fit.

I have roved most years since 2012 and that is a lot of work. Sitting at 
a couple locations is inviting, but for scoring I'd like to be in the 
smaller of the two main groups whether roving or sitting still.

I'm considering trying to coerce the Fiesta into charging the radio 
battery to make roving way more economical (38 mpg vs 16 mpg). Then I'd 
be looking at hotels like Friday and Sunday nights at Duluth and 
Saturday at Grand Portage for roving, or at copper harbor for three 
nights. I checked for rooms at Duluth and found nothing available, but 
it might have been two far out. The tall ships festival isn't happening 
this year at Duluth.

Any progress on rover to Keenewah coordination communication? Since 
changing my Tracfone from GSM to a CDMA model I haven't found a location 
it doesn't work, but I didn't test it along the north shore or UP last 
time I was there. It would seem that a VHF rover rig on 2m or 432 ought 
to be work across the lake for that coordination. Just takes two such 
stations, one roving and one sitting if cell phones can't be made to 
work. 2m was up last night south of here I was hearing a couple Missouri 
repeaters on FM, one near Kansas City, typical SSB range.

73, Jerry, K0CQ

On 1/9/2018 3:21 AM, Gary2 via 10GHzContest wrote:
> NLRS Area 10GHz Contest Group.
> Hi everyone,
>
> It's been a couple of months since I sent out the last email about the
> August weekend,
> August 18th and 19th, of this years 10 GHz Cumulative contest. Interest
> has been good.
> There are  6 ops who plan to be on the Minnesota North Shore, 7 ops on
> the Michigan
> Upper Keweenaw Peninsula, 2 ops on the Canadian North Shore and another
> dozen or
> more who are interested but haven't decided if they can be on or where
> they wish to
> operate. There are also a number of others who who haven't contacted me
> yet.
>
> The MN North Shore ops are planning to have 10, 24 and 47 G on the air.
> The UP
> ops plan to have the same bands available. The Canadian, Barry, VE4MA,
> in particular
> has said he will have 10, 24, 47 and 76 G equipment. Because everyone
> will have 10G
> that will be the main band.
>
> Ops on the MN side will operate from a number of fixed site starting
> near Duluth and
> traveling up the shore to Grand Portage. These areas favor the western
> side of the
> Keweenaw and the Canadian NS sites.
>
> The ops of the Michigan UP operate from sites near Copper Harbor on the
> Western
> side of the peninsula and from the top of Mt Brockway. The sites near
> the shore line
> are blocked to the east by much higher ground that is only tens of yards
> away.
> Mt Brockway does offer a chance to work other areas around the lakes.
> However,
> the ops must move around the top of the mountain to do so.
>
> The Canadian NS sites are chosen to be open the the Keweenaw and the MN NS.
>
> There is no activity planned from Wawa, Ontario this time. Wawa is on the
> Eastern shore of the lake.
>
> Anyone planing to go to the Eastern side of the lake must understand
> that there
> will be very limited chances to work the rest of us. Please consider
> joining one
> of the groups.
>
> If you are interested and haven't  contacted me previously please let me
> know
> what you would like to do. I will add you to the list. If your plans
> have changed
> or firmed up, let me know.
>
> We will need someone who is going to operate on the Keweenaw peninsula and
> someone who will be operating on the Canadian side to step up and help
> organize
> the activities at those sites. Can someone make a list of hotels/motels
> in those
> areas too.
>
> Again, if I haven't heard from you please let me know of your plans for the
> August weekend.
>
> 73, Gary WBØLJC
>
>
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