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Re: [VHFcontesting] Mt. Washington NH & Acadia National Park- Cadillac M

To: CHRISTOP PATTERSON <w3cmp@comcast.net>, vhfcontesting@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] Mt. Washington NH & Acadia National Park- Cadillac Mountain - Eastern Nantucket VHF Operation
From: Ed Kucharski <k3dne@comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2022 17:28:02 -0400 (EDT)
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Hi Chris! I've op'd from Block Island (FN41), Cape Cod FN51 (near the Marconi 
site) and from Mt. Washington (with K1TR multi back in '98 the link tells it 
all... Awful wx!  https://www.qsl.net/k1tr/contesting/vhf0698/vhfcontest.htm
In FN41 and 51 I was operating in the QRP portable category and did pretty well.
http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Contest%20Records/2016/2016%20September%20Contest%20Records.pdf
Scroll down to the Single Op Portable Class (Q) and look for WB2DNE/1.
Hard to attract attention as people were beaming away from me a lot of the 
time. Both times we (my xyl and myself) rented a cottage and used a marine deep 
cycle battery to power the rigs (to keep within the QRP portable category rules 
at the time). We extended our stay the week after the contests and made them 
both in to a nice vacation. We were fortunate that the wx was excellent the 
following week!
73,
Ed K3DNE


>     On 10/12/2022 12:41 PM CHRISTOP PATTERSON <w3cmp@comcast.net 
> mailto:w3cmp@comcast.net > wrote:
> 
> 
>     Hello all -
> 
>     Spent the last week driving through New England. Capped off trip with a 
> nice visit at a local bar with Dave K1WHS. While visitng eastern Nantucket 
> (FN51), driving through Acadia National Park- Cadillac Mtn. (FN54) and later 
> taking the cog railway up Mt. Washington (FN44) the thought occurred to me 
> that these locations would bet it would be a pretty neat place. to operate 
> from, and maybe do a VHF contest. Wonder who (other than Dave) has tried 
> rover or portable VHF operation from these locations? What the experiences 
> have been? How needed are FN51 and 54 for VUCC on 2 and 432?
>     I'd like to discuss particulars
> 
>     73, Chris W3CMP
> 
> 
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