[VHFcontesting] I'm crazy, right?...don't ask me..

[Alex]

Sounds like you have time to spare. ;-)

Just a while back I decided to give up on V/UHF since TVI b/c of a really bad cable system in my neighborhood drained all the fun out of it. Now less than two weeks before the contest I decided to try setting up some sort of rover station in an area virtually void of VHF and UHF activity (Charleston, SC). My plan is to be QRV on 6, 2 and 70. Dipole on 6 with 100W, 4 elements on 2 with 50 Watts and 6 elements on 432 with 50 Watts. Radio is going to be an FT-847; power source a marine deep cycle battery with 600W pure sine wave inverter, and the antennas will be mounted on a 16ft telescoping mast. Since the area is as plat as a pancake I resort to parking garages to provide me with some elevation. 

This may net me 3 to 5 QSOs. So I'm not the one to as what crazy is. :)

73,
--Alex KR1ST
http://www.kr1st.com
 
  -------------- Original message from "Les Rayburn" <les at highnoonfilm.com>: --------------


> Little over a week to go before contest. I'm out of town this weekend, and then 
> leave for a shoot in Ft. Worth, TX on Tuesday. Return on Friday. 
> During those few days that I'm actually home, I'm trying to accomplish the 
> following: