[Fourlanders] VHF contest Plans and 222 Ops Questions

[Bob Mantell]

Hi group,
 
 I plan to do a sorta mini rover over to EM73 on Sat evening.  Mel, K4JFF has invited me over to work from his Cobb Co location on top of Pine MT.  Even though he is only 7 miles away, he is more than 300 feet higher with a nice 360 view and a higher than his roof elevated deck.  I plan to be on 6, 2 and 432 SSB and with my new from the hamfest today 222 5 element yagi, I will be looking for some FM contacts with the TH-F6.   I looked for a 222 rig with more output or an amp to use with the HT at the ARC fest, but had no luck.  
 
I have a 5 in, 30 out Radio shack  2 M amp, any thoughts on if or how well that may work on 223.5 FM ? 
 
 And should I mount the 222 antenna vertical or horizontal for the FM contacts in the contest?  I plan to use it at Mel's vertical to start with because of the Alabama group on FM simplex on Sat evening.    
 
All day Sunday I will be back at my home QTH in EM74 with my new VHF/UHF rig.  HRO had a deal on the TS-2000 today that I could not resist any longer, so one came to live with me

Looking forward to hearing you guys in the contest.

 
73 de Bob,
 
 K4ESA EM74qc
 
Bob Mantell
k4esa at yahoo.com