Hey Les,
Do you need EM03, 04, 05, 14, or 15? I'm in the process of setting up my rover
station and it will include 350+ watts and WSJT. I've got EM63 confirmed, but
should be able to give you any of those five within the next month.
Don, NL7CO/EM04
Sent from my iPad Mini with the tiny keyboard
> On Oct 15, 2013, at 21:40, Les Rayburn <les@highnoonfilm.com> wrote:
>
> My quest for achieving 2 Meter VUCC using indoor antennas began in 2008 after
> reading an inspiring column in QST authored by Gene Zimmerman, W3ZZ. It was
> entitled "Chasing VUCC" and I read it shortly after reluctantly moving into a
> single story home in a deed restricted neighborhood.
>
> After being very active on low frequency (Lowfer) weak signal operations for
> years, and also on 160 Meters, I didn't like my ham radio prospects with
> strict covenants against outside aerials. I had resigned myself to a few
> vertical antennas in my large attic for local repeater work, and a makeshift
> longwire antenna stapled inside my privacy fence on 20 Meters.
>
> But after reading Gene's column, I went upstairs into my attic, and flipped
> my four element beam that I used for distant repeaters from vertical to
> horizontal. Went back downstairs, and called CQ on 144.200---and haven't
> looked back since. I quickly filled my attic with the largest Yagi's
> possible, low noise pre-amps, and 1/2" hardline. Anything to gain another db,
> lower the noise floor, or work a new grid. 6 Meter VUCC came quickly, but 2
> Meters has been one of the biggest challenges of my life in ham radio.
>
> 102 of those grids were worked with the indoor beams, while the other eight
> were worked from a high spot near my house during contest roving trips. Well
> over half were worked using WSJT digital modes on meteor scatter. Thank you
> Joe Taylor!
>
> Now thanks to the help of my local VHF elmers, and a lot of expertise from
> these lists, I've managed to work 110 grids on 2 Meters. Of those 91 have
> confirmed, leaving me with only nine more to go.
>
> Recently, I sent out a second round of Self Addressed Stamps Envelopes (SASE)
> and cards. Some of those unconfirmed QSO's date as far back as 2008. I've
> worked stations in the following grids but have been unable to confirm them:
>
> DM98
> EL18
> EL79
> EL87
> EL88
> EL99
> EM00
> EM02
> EM20
> EM22
> EM26
> EM30
> EM49
> EM51
> EM80
> EN63
> EN93
> FN25
>
> If you live in one of those grids, and are active on digital modes or closer
> in, willing to QSL, I'd love to work you. I'm going to try a third round of
> QSL requests using special postcards I had printed with the QSO information
> filled in. All they require is the operator's signature to confirm the
> contact.
>
> If anyone has any suggestions on what else to try, please let me know. I'm so
> close now, I really have a drive to finish it off. Thanks again for all the
> help along the way.
> --
> --
> 73,
>
> Les Rayburn, N1LF
> 121 Mayfair Park
> Maylene, AL 35114
> EM63nf
>
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>
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