[Rover] W9FZ/Rover plans for June Contest.

[Bruce Richardson]

W9FZ/Rover plans for June 2004 contest:

I have a mandatory Air Force meeting on Saturday till 
about 5pm at worst and 3pm at best.  This meeting is in 
Milwaukee so that is where I will start my rove.  It'll 
be like old times--I haven't roved in eastern Wisconsin 
in a few years.  My goal is to have fun and elevate the 
activity level in Wisconsin.  I appreciate all the Q's 
I can get.

I'll be operating 6-2304 + 10GHz. I will be CQ'ing on 
144.250 and expect to move to .150 on the other bands. 
I'll probably have to go higher on 6m than that.  Yes, 
this is FAR away from the calling freq--and that's the 
point.  I hope you'll have a warm VFO from spinning up 
and down the band.  I may announce my presence on 144.200, 
but I will promptly QSY to 144.250 to make QSO's.  We all 
know there are problems with .200. I'm convinced that 
doing my CQ'ing up on .250 helps contribute to a better 
world :-).  At least it doesn't make .200 worse :-)

Here's the plan (times Zulu):

EN-62  2200-2300Z Milwaukee near airport and lakeshore 
EN-52  2330-0030Z Minooka County Park southern Waukesha
EN-53  0100-0200Z Hillcrest Park Waukesha 
EN-63  0230-0330Z Cedarburg area (need suggestions)

a little EN-63 and EN-64 driving northward in the night

EN-64  1300-1400Z  Near Oconto
EN-65  1500-1600Z  5mi W of Peshtigo
EN-55  1700-1800Z  SE Corner of grid (near Coleman)
       2300-0000Z  SW Corner of grid 
EN-54  1900-2000Z  NE Corner of grid (near Lena)
       2200-2300Z  NW Corner of grid (near Edgar)
EN-44  0030-0130Z  NE Corner of Grid
EN-45  0130-0300Z  SE Corner of Grid (near Athens)

I intend to try to collect a few guys on the same beam 
heading before heading off to other bands. I expect to 
go to 432 first, 6m 2nd, 222 3rd, then 1296, 903, and 
2304, (+10G)  I would prefer to do them in order but I 
want to jump to bands that most guys have.  I know, one 
of the chief problems is the amount of time I'm NOT on 
144.250 but rather off on some other bands.  That's 
where I could use the friendly community to spread the 
word that I'm on such and such a band and expect to be 
back on 144.250 shortly.

Notice that I'm operating in EN-54 and EN-55 for two 
different periods from two different locations.

Please note that on Saturday night, W0AMT/Rover 
will also be in the Milwaukee area and CQ'ing on 
144.240.  They have all the bands. This should be a 
BUSY evening!

May I clean sweep many of you.

Bruce Richardson W9FZ/R