[Fourlanders] On The Rove Again

[Robin Midgett]

After a fifteen year hiatus, I'm happy to be able to say that Bruce 
KQ4TV & I will team up for a roving adventure again this weekend 
during the September ARRL VHF+ contest. While Buttercup is long since 
moved on, we're taking to the air in a new & exciting way...from the 
waters of the Tennessee River at the south end of Kentucky Lake. Why 
there? Because EM55, 56, EM65 & 66 intersect in the water while 
offering promising operating areas in all four grids out off the main 
channel. My wife, Danielle, will be the driver.

We intend to operate on 6m, 2m & 70cm. The 70cm station is hampered 
by the lack of power, so we'll be QRP on that band. The antennas are 
all omni-directional loops with stacked pairs on 2m & 70cm. We'll be 
operating only on Saturday afternoon; no Sunday operations. If the 
bands are dead, we'll focus on the water, the grill & the ice chest. ;-)
Please listen for K4IDC/river rover.


"It wasn't the apple on the tree but the pair on the ground that got 
us into trouble." - Dr. Norman Geisler