[Wswss] DM37 Wednesday afternoon

[Wayne Overbeck]

N6NB and N6MU plan to be at Utah Pass (DM37) 
around 4 p.m. Wednesday afternoon, looking on 
144.200 first.  We may not be able to work 
2.3, 3.4, 5.7 or 10 GHz.  On low Potosi (DM25) 
I was chatting with AF6O on 2.3 GHz after com-
pleting a contact when everything went dead there 
and all higher bands on both transmit and receive.  
I suspect the SMA i.f. transfer relay (yes, the 
correct voltages are present).

I've operated at Utah Pass at least 20 times since 
my first visit in 1971.  That site is obstructed 
north of about Bakersfield by higher nearby mountains.
I've never heard a signal from anyone further north 
than that except on HF.  Low Potosi is also obstructed 
to the west and north.  High Potosi, about 4 miles 
away, is clear in all directions--but behind a locked 
gate.

73,
Wayne