[NLRS] [10ghzcontest] Who will be on for the 10 G Cumulative this weekend? September 19-20

Thu Sep 17 09:21:09 EDT 2026

Kevin/Tammy,

That sounds great!

We’ll be looking for you from south- central MN and northern IA roving this weekend.
73 Chris Cox, N0UK
Chrisc at chris.org
LinkedIn.com/in/Chris-Cox-CISM

> On Sep 17, 2026, at 07:59, Kevin Jacobson via 10GHzContest <10ghzcontest at www.chris.org> wrote:
> 
> Upper Midwest 10GHz Contest Group.
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> Well, I made it. I have been trying to get a tower mounted rig on the air for 3 years. Finally made it happen.
> 
> Tammy (KI7GVT) and I (AD7OI) will be on the air most of the weekend with the new tower mounted rig. If we are not on the air, we can be in minutes as the rig will be on 24x7
> 
> The rig was complete last contest weekend, but the tower mounting was not going to be, so I worked portable (more accurately tried to work) from Lovers Leap (Hannibal Missouri). The conditions were a steam bath when it wasn't raining and views from around 300 deg to 105 deg Northwest to Southeast. I made one contact with Herbert AF4JF late in the day.
> 
> Well, the rig is now on the tower (EM49hp) at 75 feet above the 800 ft elevation hilltop. This is 270 feet higher than the Lovers leap site we normally operate from the past few years.  2ft MACOM dish as well as a 12 dBi Slotted Waveguide Omni remotely selectable. Two power levels 10 Watts (beacon) or 40 Watts during operations. GPS locked on frequency. Kuhne EME Waveguide LNA and IC-705 IF rig in the air-conditioned shack.
> 
> I also finally can receive the St Louis Beacon on a direct path, so I know my Azimuth heading accurately.
> I can operate in any direction without trees in the path and have -10 deg to +45 Deg Elevation tilt as well for working thunderstorm bounce with throughout the year.
> 
> After 17 years of hauling heavy equipment up mountains in California and Arizona in 110-115 deg heat, I am ready for this 😊 Hoping to work you this weekend.
> 
> 73,  
> Kevin AD7OI   602-694-0851
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nlrs-bounces at mailman.qth.net <nlrs-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of Gary via NLRS
> Sent: Monday, September 14, 2026 8:17 PM
> To: NLRS <nlrs at mailman.qth.net>; 10GHzContest <10ghzcontest at www.chris.org>
> Subject: [NLRS] Who will be on for the 10 G Cumulative this weekend? September 19-20
> 
> Hi Everyone,
> 
> Who plans to be on this coming weekend for the 10 G contest? I haven't been able to get to Breakfast or to Jon,'s QTH recently so I haven't heard about anyone plans.
> 
> I will start Saturday near Spring Grove, EN43en, and then travel south into Iowa using previously used sites. I have checked and many of the sites have a good view to the South for the Missouri ops and to the East for the Michigan ops. I plan to run with as many of them as I have time.
> Sunday I plan to start along US 20 in Iowa, EN42el. Then travel West before turning North either around Waterloo or I may travel as far West at I-35 to work the Kansas and Nebraska ops as often as I can. All sites I am considering have good views back to the North. Some have been used before.
> 
> Right now I only have Jim, KØKFC, from home in EN35rj. Also Ray, WBØEBG, has said he will be at Jim's during the weekend. However, I don't know which day or days.
> 
> Jon, WØZQ, may rove with me on Sunday.
> 
> Chris, NØUK, and Holly, KØHAC, plan to rove is west central Minnesota down toward Iowa. Then travel back north on Sunday.
> 
> Bruce, W9FZ, and Janice, KA9VVQ, has said they will be on for a short time Sunday afternoon.
> 
> How about the rest of you? Is anyone else going to join Jim? Will you operate from somewhere else?
> 
> Help the rovers out, we need the Q's. We don't want this contest will turn out just like last weekend with almost no one on the air.
> 
> 73 Gary, WBØLJC
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