Despite a crazy week at work, the Rover is assembled and we are making
our way to Northeastern Iowa for the contest tomorrow.
Bands
Band Pwr Mode Gear Antenna
50 160w ssb IC-7000/Amp Par Stressed Moxon
144 180w ssb FT-847/Amp DS144-6RS
144 50w FM TM-G707 Dual Band Whip
220 100w ssb Demi xverter/amp DSFO222-10RS
220 50w FM Jetstream 220 vert whip
440 100w ssb FT-847/Amp DSFO432-15RS
440 35w FM TM-G707 Dual Band Whip
Initial plan is to be on 144.230, 146.55FM, 222.100, 223.50FM, 432.100,
and 446.00FM and will adjust accordingly due to QRM.
The Planned Rove
This is my first rove here in the Central States. Therefore I have
elected to pursue a "Run and Gun" strategy to find what works and what
doesn't out here. With that said, I will start the contest in EN43.
The plan is to spend 45-60 mins in each grid + travel to the next
location. Extra time will be allocated for EN32 and EN30 as I
understand these are fairly inactive grids.
Saturday grids will be: EN43/33/32/42/31/41
Sleep
Get back out on the road by 7am Central time Sunday morning starting in
EN30.
Sunday grids will be EN30/40 and then EM39/49/48/38 finishing the
contest in EM28 and EM29 just east of Kansas City.
Look for me on APRS as K0GEM-9. You can also view my position via an
embedded map on my homepage, www.k0gem.us.
Good luck to everyone in the contest!
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Austin - K0GEM
e-mail: austin@k0gem.us
web: www.k0gem.us
Twitter: k0gem
APRS: K0GEM-9
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