[Rover] Rover Planning for Upcoming Contests

[Jack Isenberg]

Mark,

IMHO you couldn't be more right that one of the greatest roving challenges 
is to appropriately manage sites.
We have spent a lot of time and gas driving around to just check out site.
Most common problem is to get to a site and find that there is no open 
visibility due to trees.
We have also found access roads chained and locked, and roads impassible.

Since you refer to my web site page for roving sites, I decided to update it
(I really need to update all my pages as soon as I get a chance.)

Again MANY thanks for all your efforts

Jack
WA2IID


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <n2mh at n2mh.net>
To: <rover at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 5:28 AM
Subject: [Rover] Rover Planning for Upcoming Contests


> To all the Rovers out there:
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> You're probably starting to think about where to rove for the January or
> June contest and what route you will take (in addition to the usual
> stuff about rigs, antennas, etc.). One of the hardest things I've come
> across as a Rover is identifying sites to operate from. If you want some
> ideas for a site or two, you might stop by the "N2MH RoveSite Locator"
> page at http://www.n2mh.net/rovesite/rovesite.htm . I've been collecting
> info about sites that may be useful to Rovers.
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> At the very least, the site will give you the name of the site, its
> geographic coordinates, Grid Locator, and links to map making machines.
> You can generate a map that will tell you how to get there, a topo map
> of the site itself and even an aerial photo of the site. Additionally,
> many sites have an individual description page depending on information
> at hand.
>
> Just added is a downloadable GPX file for each 4-digit gridsquare for
> download to your GPS or other electronics. Right now, there are mostly
> East Coast, West Coast, Texas, and Denver area sites included. However,
> if anyone wants to have other locations added, anywhere in the country,
> please send them along to me and I'll get them in there.
>
> 73 and Happy Contesting
> Mark, N2MH
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