[NLRS] The desirability of 3456 MHz for the June contest?

[David Palm]

Hey folks,

I'm proposing this with some hesitancy because, to put it bluntly, I don't
follow through well on my ham radio aspirations.  With the lock-down I now
have three children at home again.  But I do also have a furlough from work
the first week of June and so I have an eye to what I could do that week to
get ready for the June contest.  One thing for sure I need to do is get an
amplifier working on 1296 so that I have a better footprint on that band.

My specific question has to do with 3456 MHz.  I have the ability to
receive and to generate some RF on that band (up to, say, 100 mW, having
sold my 3.4 GHz PA some time ago).  I would need to cobble together some
sort of antenna.  I could rove up to the St. Charles corner to make some
contacts.  If all went perfectly, I'd have a newly licensed daughter with
me (she's supposed to take a Technican class and the exam on June 6) so it
could be two contacts if we were able to use SSB (a long shot, I know.)

My general question is whether that would be realistic and worthwhile to
others.  If so, I'll make the effort.  If not, I'll skip it and focus on
other things.  If this would be useful to others then I'd need some
recommendations on a quick but effective antenna to build in the meantime
and some direction on who to look for and when.

73,

David  W9HQ