Will you be using SSB and/or CW if we get some good Es?73 John W5TD (ex.
AF5CC)Sent from my U.S. Cellular® Smartphone
-------- Original message --------From: Marshall-K5QE <k5qe@k5qe.com> Date:
6/26/19 3:25 PM (GMT-06:00) To: VHF Contesting <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
Subject: [VHFcontesting] First Announcement for the July K5N Grid
Expedition... Hello to all interested in chasing grids on 6M. The K5N group
is planning a grid DXpedition to three of the most wanted grids in the Big Bend
region of Texas. We are planning to activate DL79, DL89, AND DL88. Our plans
are NOT completely final, but here is the best estimate that I can give at this
point.Arliss-W7XU, Bill-N5YA, and myself-K5QE will depart east TX on July the
2nd and drive to Study Butte, TX. We believe that we will arrive late on the
afternoon/evening of July 3rd. However, it is quite possible that we will not
get there until mid-day of the 4th of July. We will probably setup in the
evening of the 4th, when it is not so hot. So, it is possible that we will be
on the air the evening of the 4th. If not, we will finish setup on the 5th and
then get on the air then. The RV park supposedly has WiFi, but I have been
told that it is "spotty". That probably means that it does not
work....HI.Dan-N5TM is planning to drive over on the 5th, but will not arrive
until the evening. Kyle-KA5D and Ivan-KG5UNR will arrive on the evening of
July 6th(Saturday).After I am firmly established in DL89, Arliss and Bill are
going to drive down to DL88 and put that on the air. There will be NO cell or
Internet in DL88, so you will just have to watch out for them. I should be
able to post when they leave, but I will not be able to tell when they actually
arrive OR when they are able to get on the air.I believe that Arliss and Bill
will return to Study Butte on the 8th of July to help us pack and move to DL79.
Again, this is NOT the final word on all this, it is just as close as I can
estimate.Assuming all of the above, we will move to Presido, TX on the evening
of the 8th. We will setup on the morning of the 9th. In Presidio, we will have
Internet, either via the RV park or via an AT&T hot spot. On the morning of
the 13th, we will tear down and begin the long drive home.We have not decided
on which calls we will use. Remember, we will have two stations on the air at
the same time. While I have secured our traditional K5N call from July 6th to
July 13th, we cannot use that call for both places at the same time, because
there would be mass confusion about which grid folks were working. I have
applied for the K5N call from July 3rd to July 5th, so we could use that call
for the entire time we were down there. ARRL is being a bit slow on that,
however. We have not decided on the frequencies we will use. Some have
suggested that we just get into the pile and run FT8 on 50.313MHz. Others say
that we should adopt a frequency close to that but not right on .313. Of
course, we are hoping for a big Es opening while we are down there...most
especially for Arliss and Bill while they are in DL88. I cannot speak for the
DL88 crew, but when FT8 and Es are dead, we will entertain the troops with
meteor scatter using MSK144, most probably on 50.260MHz.This is the best that I
can come up with right now. Things can and probably will change. Hopefully,
the changes will be small.73 es GL....the K5N
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