Hi All-
I just wanted to post a more firm update on my trip timing.
We will be leaving on June 15th (a week away!). I should be up there the
following evening. If all goes well I will have a radio on the air June 17th.
Weather permitting, I will get working hard on the antennas on the 17th and
hopefully get everything up in a timely manner. If the weather is bad I will
try and toss up a 6m dipole just to have something up in the air on VHF.
I will be bringing a Hustler 5BTV for HF also. This should be pretty easy to
set up so even if it is raining (no thunderstorms!) I should be able to get
that one up and runnning.
The plan is to take off on Wednesday the 24th, so I will have to use the day
before to take everything down. I will leave a dipole or a vertical up for 6m
until right before we leave, though. That way I can catch any last minute QSO's
as I am packing HI.
So the timeframe looks like June 17-23 for the bulk of the operating. Spread
the word, and if you hear me on the air - PLEASE POST ON THE REFLECTORS! I
usually use vhfdx.net for propagation/QSO mapping, I am sure you guys all know
of a zillion others.
I hope to work you on the bands!
Steve, KC8QVO
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