KM4KMU FM Category (SSB capable)
Blue Knob FN00RG
3150 feet ASL
I expect to be on the air for the full contest except for a 4-5 hr break
late Saturday night/Sunday morning.
100W & Beams on all 4 lower bands (FM & SSB)
Freqs:
6M FM 52.525 MHz (QSY)
2M FM 146.520 MHz (calling CQ & monitoring, 146.535 if 146.520 is
busy)
1.25M FM 223.500 MHz (monitoring full time, second radio)
70cm FM 446.000 MHz (QSY)
6M, 2M & 70cm SSB capable (QSY from 2M FM, you give me the freq)
After an initial FM Q I will be happy to QSY to SSB freqs (6M, 2M, 70cm)
to provide you with points on bands where an FM Q is not possible. I will
have my beams set at 45 degrees to work both FM & SSB with a little bit of
loss. Hopefully I will be the only person doing that so we dont get
orthogonal.
Based on previous results and FN00RG's lower altitude, my expected 2M &
1.25M FM ranges are 120-140 miles for omni's (~3dBi) & 200 miles for beams
~10dBi).
FN00RG has a generally clear line of sight W, NW, NE, E, SE to 200mi +
Grids that I should be able to work.
Full Grids: FN00, EN90, EN91, FN00, FN10, FN11, FM19, FM18.
Western FN21
Central & Western FN20 & FM29
Southern FN12 & FN02, FN02 cant be in a valley
FM09 & FM08 may need to be on a ridge line.
Eastern EM99 (cant be in a valley)
Cities I expect to reach
Winchester VA
Pittsburgh PA
Cleveland Ohio
Erie PA
Elmira & Binghamton NY
Allentown PA
Philadelphia PA
Baltimore MD
Washington DC (Gaithersburg, Leesburg, DC proper etc)
Possible but very difficult:
NYC: no obstacles but its just under the horizon & at extreme range, 240mi
with no ridges to diffract off of.
Columbus Ohio: no obstacles but its just under the horizon & at extreme
range, 235mi but with a nice ridge 26 mi from me to diffract off of.
Rochester NY (shadowed by a ridge so a weak diffracted signal is likely)
Buffalo NY (shadowed by a ridge so a weak diffracted signal is likely)
Good Luck to all, at least the east coast weather is looking good for
comfort if not for propagation.
73
John
KM4KMU
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