[VHFcontesting] Michigan Stations active this weekend

[kb8u vhf]

KB8U will be active from EN71 on 6,2,222,432, 1296 and 10GHz.  The 10GHz set is a portable on loan from NE8I so I won't have the range I've had in the past (when I had a dish on the tower).  Some of the other bands are untested since repairs were made, hopefully it actually all works!

The Hepburn tropo forecast looks good to the south on Sunday so I'll be concentrating in that direction on Sunday morning.

Good luck to all,  Russ KB8U

> Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:35:21 -0400
> From: James French <w8iss at wideopenwest.com>
> Subject: [VHFcontesting] Michigan Stations active this weekend
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> Here's the list of staions I have heard from that say they will be
> active this weekend:
> 
> NE8I/R - Lloyd:
> Rover From EN82, Up US23 to Lyon twp park. Then West on I-96 to US 31.
> Time allows, south to EN62, then North along US31, planning stops at
> Muskegon, Ludington, Arcadia, AJ. Each stop about 30 to 60 minutes max.
> Depending on activity. No skeds. No set frequency or time. Just as,
> Columbus style. Find it, land on it, use it, do it. 10 GHz I will only
> have the 1W station with me. While driving, I will only be on a couple
> bands. The rest, when I stop.
> 
> WW8M - Don - home BIG GUN station - 
> Operating on everything from 6m to 47GHz.
> 
> N8UR, W8RKO, and WD8DPA - EN75 - Beaver Island:
> will be operating from the south end of Beaver Island, in northern Lake
> Michigan, during the contest this weekend.  We'll be in EN75 on 6, 2,
> 70cm, 1296, and 10 GHz.  Antennas and power levels will be modest --
> basically, a small rover setup -- but we'll give it a shot.
> 
> K8JA - Jack - EN82:
> My Operating Time Will Be Mostly Saturday ....Sunday I Have Commitments
> But Should be Able to Get On In Evening...
> 
> That's the ones I have heard from so far. Nothing from the other big
> guns in the state so far: K2YAZ, K8MD, or KB8U or the Grand Rapids area
> contest group (still haven't found out there call yet)
> 
> James W8ISS
> 
> "Activity happens, because we make it happen" - Lloyd, NE8I
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