Hello to everyone interested in FFMA and grid chasing....I got a call
from Tom-NQ7R last night. He has signed on to Group2 for the Great
Summer DXpedition to the Big Bend area. This is great news as it means
that Group2 is back up to full strength. The roster is now
George-NR5M(team leader), Colin-KU5B(both Houston area),
Jim-KK6MC(Albuquerque area), and Tom-NQ7R(Casa Grande area, AZ)
Actually, Group2 of the K5N Grid Activation Group will be activating the
DL79-DL89 line from a location in the Big Bend Ranch State Park. Gear
is now planned to be a combined pair of the M2 6M-1000 solid state
amplifiers and a 6M7JHV on a tower-trailer. They should be LOUD and
will be using the call N5K. Tentatively, N5K will operate Es on
50.170MHz and will operate FSK441 MS on 50.270. Those frequencies are
5KHz above where K5N will be operating.
We believe that Group2 will have limited internet via a tethered cell
phone, but we are not sure that there is coverage at the actual grid
line location. IF there is limited coverage, the will be using the
ON4KST 50MHz Region2 pages for liaison.
That is all the information that I have at this time. We have to
operate the June VHF contest and then we will begin packing up all the
gear.....
Thanks Jim and Tom for going out with us on short notice.
73 Marshall K5QE
Team Leader Group1
K5N Grid Activation Group
A Grid Bandits DXpedition
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