Outside of W2SZ and WB1GQR i can't think of any other New England
multi-ops except those that own the place. Waschusetts in central Mass
is still closed and Pack Monadnock has enough tree's to make microwaving
difficult. K1TR has done some single-op 4 bands from Mt Washington or
Waschusetts. Probably wouldn't have a problem with a microwave rover for
a few hours. There are some other spots like "Fruitlands" that the New
England 10GHZ and up contesters have found, but these may not be good for
longer haul stuff.
John WW1Z
On Fri, 2 Sep 2011 12:19:15 -0400 "John D'Ausilio" <jdausilio@gmail.com>
writes:
> I'll start by saying I don't have any good solution at this point ..
>
> There are a limited number of microwave-suitable rover-accessible
> spots available, and more of them become non-accessible each year.
> The presence of a big multi-op station at a site makes it virtually
> unusable for a microwave rover (we need to coordinate on low bands
> to
> work microwaves, and high-power VHF tends to destroy our 144/432
> IFs).
> I don't rove in New England mainly because just about all of the
> mountaintops are occupied by multi-ops .. so I've been roving the
> mid-Appalachians and the I-80 corridor.
> Camelback is occupied June and September, and now a group has
> decided
> to occupy Big Mountain this September (and one can assume for
> future
> 'tests as well)
>
> I'm not throwing stones at anyone, I'm just pointing out that this
> trend is not a good sign for roving in general. Fewer site options
> means more driving (at $4/gal) and less operating (and harder to
> operate during prime time).
> Ultimately it means fewer rovers visiting fewer grids.
>
> de w1rt/john
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