[Fourlanders] FW: [VHFcontesting] EN75 -- N8UR

[John Ackermann N8UR]

Thanks!  I'll be looking for you guys (and N8ZM).  Last year there 
wasn't much of an opening to the Southeast -- my main runs were into New 
England.  Hopefully this year will be better.

73,
John
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On 5/31/2013 2:39 PM, Ron Rogers wrote:
> Good luck up there, John !!
>
> Hope to work you from W4NH on the mountain next week !
>
> Ron
> WW8RR
> -----Original Message-----
> From: VHFcontesting [mailto:vhfcontesting-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf
> Of John Ackermann N8UR
> Sent: Friday, May 31, 2013 12:08 PM
> To: vhfcontesting at contesting.com
> Subject: [VHFcontesting] EN75 -- N8UR
>
> I'm planning to be operating from Beaver Island, MI in EN75 during the
> contest.  Single-op, likely to be 6M only.  The good news is that if
> Murphy cooperates, I'll have about 6dB more power than last year -- 300+
> watts to a 5 el about 35 feet up.
>
> To those in the Pacific Northwest -- I will make a point of beaming
> further north this year.  I am hoping to have a beacon running during
> the week or so following the contest, with the idea that if the band
> opens up I can be contacted via telephone for a QSO.  More details on
> that once I figure them out.
>
> I'm unlikely to have the higher bands working this year due to a problem
> with the 2M antenna that I won't have time to fix before the contest,
> and lack of a working 432 rig at the moment.
>
> 73,
> John
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