Bill,

On Option 3 - I suggests cutoff date of EOB Friday, May 22, 2020 for the Contest Club List. This list needs to be submitted to the ARRL, processed and then approved by the club president. All of this has to be completed before Friday, June 12, 2020

So to your questions:

Option #1: I am willing to go to MIle High if open. I will have the wife's Subaru and can pull at best a garden trailer. I can sleep in the back of the Subi meaning I don't need the supply trailer as a "hotel" so we could go back to the tent for our "stuff." Read one less thing to pull. I would like to bring 1296 with the pair of loopers. One thing we learned last time is 1296 really needs its' own mast and rotator. Which means one more thing to pull. If we have all of the basics covered - 6, 2, 222, 432, generator, etc. covered it would be nice to bring 1296 along but in my mind it is clearly riding space (and puller) available. If it has to stay home, too bad, so sad but so be it. One other thing - we will have to practice social distancing. To me that means operators only in Great White and the 6m trailer. Maybe to encourage that we leave the extra office chairs at home leaving 4 chairs in Great white and 2 in the 6m/cooking trailer. And more camp chairs for visiting outside under the tent.- pray for now rain!

Option #2: Yes, almost all of us are at higher risk by age alone not to mention all of the other medical stuff we each carry with us. If we go to Bob's the shack tour will have to be cancelled. To maintain social distancing there will have to be an "operators only" rule for the operating positions. At 6 feet of separation there probably is no room for 1296 in the shack. We might want to consider moving 1296 (if it comes) and one other operating position into Great White. That would put three operating positions in the shack and two at opposite ends of Great White and that would probably work The weather should be nice so the story telling will have to happen outside.. My suggestion is everyone brings their own headset/mic. Cleaning them is next to impossible. If everyone can agree to all this at a minimum I would be willing to come.

Option #3; If #1 and #2 fail, then I would be willing to give this a try. Most likely the best I can do is 6m and 2m. But that is better than nothing. Please see my comments above as to cutoff dates for the contest club submission.

Johnny

On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 10:31 AM Bill Pence <pence.bill@gmail.com> wrote:

All,
we are right at 6 weeks from the June VHF contest, so we need to begin firming up our plans.
We still have 3 distinct possibilities for the June contest.
As we are not decided on which we will do, there is still flexibility in our thinking and planning for a bit longer. None of the decisions are time critical as yet, however, Option 1 decisions making will become time critical soon...

Please read the full message below, and I need to hear from our participants on availabilty for each option. (So I need a response for each of the 3 options below and the trailer work...)

Option 1 - Mile High is open and we have enough pullers -> We go up the mountain.
We should get Mile High availability info in a few days (their season is about to begin...) This, of course, depends on enough pullers and participants. If you can pull, please let me know so Bob and I can plan the pulling effort. we are down a couple right now, so this might be moot.

Optoin 2 - Mile High is still closed, or not enough pullers. We meet at Bob's *IF* the current Covid-19 environment indicates this is acceptable low risk. Please let me know your availability so I can work with Bob to plan beds. most of us are advanced, and a bit higher risk. (I actually get tested apr 29 in prep for outpatient ruptured disc surgery.)

Option 3 - we operate distributed with members combining scores as club stations. Hopefully, each of us can at least put up a basic 6m antenna and get some FT8 and FT4 QSO's... the current circle includes several distant members: Huntsville AL (WG8S), Waynesville, NC(W4SKI) and Barnesville, GA (KI4US)
We'd like to get the list as complete as possible. If you wish to be on this list, please make sure your dues are up to date with Jim W and we will add you to the contest list. This list must be submitted in advance of the contest.

In addition, there is some trailer axle maintenance needed. (bearing inspection/packing, tire inspection, brake inspection, brake battery testing, etc.)
The date for the axle work has not been established.
If we do not go to the mountain, this can be postponed into Summer, but we will hopefully be heading up to Mile High in Sept, so the work needs to be done for that.

if you have questions or need clarifications, let me know.
thanks and I look forard to a great contest, no matter which option we use.
73
KI4US
Bill

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