Chuck
Weather Underground dot com has proven to be pretty reliable. I have used it
for years planning offroad and camping trips in the area. The trends are key
this far out.
As you might imagine accuracy goes up as we get closer. There are reporting
stations 6 miles west, 2000ft lower and another 15 mile east, 1500 ft lower.
So its usually spot on 5 days out. I slso have a network of offroad buddies
that I get updates from on mountain conditions.
In this case the 1wk trend prior to the contest is increasing days of
rain/snow and falling temps. Starting 3 days before the contest temps drop and
it rains or snows 2000ft lower. It's always at least 10deg colder up top.
This tells me a lot about trail/road conditions and what I need to prep for,
worst case. Bringing the chains, extra recovery gear and extra to run the Jeep
heater and two cans of silicon spray to keep the antenna clear of ice.
73
John
KM4KMU
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On Tuesday, January 8, 2019 Chuck Gress <chuckgress@hotmail.com> wrote:
Hi John, that is some weatherman you have to be able to predict rain and snow
over two weeks out from now.
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Sent: Tuesday, January 8, 2019 10:11 PM
To: vhfcontesting@contesting.com
Subject: [VHFcontesting] KM4KMU January VHF UHF Contest FM (and SSB) My station
will be back up on Reddish Knob FM08JL, 4,400 ft ASL for the January contest. I
am competing in the FM only category but will be happy to work SSB for bands we
cant work on FM. I will be starting QSO's on 146.520 FM or 146.535 if 520 is
busy with non contesting traffic and will QSY from there.
I can work all bands except for 222 on SSB.
My Station:6m 100W 5 element beam2m 100W 10 element
beam, SSB mast mounted Pre Amp 1.25m 100W 10 element beam (FM only)70cm
100W 18 element beam, SSB mast mounted Pre-Amp
2m and 1.25m are reliable out to 160 miles for omni's and 235-250 miles for
beams. If your beam is horizontal, thats OK, My beams are at 45 degrees so we
only loose 3dB.
Easy grids to work me from on FMFM09 FM08 FM07 FM19 FM18Southern FN00SW
FN10NE FM17Northern FM06NE EM97Eastern EM98SE EM99 & EN90
Challenging but doable Grids on FM, unless you have a beam (V or H pol)FN01
FM05 FM16 FM29 EM96 Central and Eastern FN10
It looks like it will be at or below freezing all weekend with rain and snow.
FUN!!!
Good Luck, Hope to hear you out there
73JohnKM4KMU
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