Well, I've been rained out on both the 222 and 432 Sprints now.
I left home for the 432 Sprint during a drizzle, intending to set up
on a hilltop in EN50xf. As I drove, the rain got heavier and heavier.
It was a downpour when I got to the hill,
I sat for half an hour waiting for it to let up but it only got worse.
So I went home.
I hope the weather in the Chicago area is good for the microwave
Sprint. I hope to operate from at least EN52sa and EN62cc as a Rover.
73, Zack W9SZ
On 4/28/11, Keith A Miller <kamiller@maplenet.net> wrote:
> I had a very bad cold and hadn't felt well for several days before the
> sprint.
> Did manage to get the antennas on the truck and somewhat tuned. We
> had a 10
> element beam on a painters pole along but never used it because of the
> heavy
> rain. WE noticed that the SWR on the omnis went up a little in the
> rain. Made
> only 5 contacts this time although we heard a few more that we couldn't
> work.
> 136 miles driven, 5 contacts, 3 grids worked, 815 calculated dx score,
> 14mpg
> gas mileage (had to keep the truck running when parked to run the
> amp) 9.72
> gallons gas used. 1.944 gallons/contact $7.95/contact @ $4.09/gallon
> gas,
> $0.05/km worked. Not too profitable but we had fun.
>
> Our furthest contact was 311km to K8TQK EN60xw to EM89je
> 2 contacts with K8TQK
> 2 contacts with WA9KRT
> 1 contact with K9EA
> Now need to decide if I will rove or work from home for the 6 meter sprint.
>
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