[VHFcontesting] K1SIG/R Best Laid Plans FN33/FN32/FN42/FN41

[Sean Waite]

Minor change of plans. Because of permitting and new information we've
learned about Wachusett, we're instead starting Sunday in Mount Kearsarge,
NH FN43bj.

See you all on the bands this weekend.

On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 11:51 PM Sean Waite <waisean at gmail.com> wrote:

> KG6CIH and I (WA1TE) will be roving as K1SIG/R. We will be operational on
> 6-70 + 23 sideband, with possible forays onto FM or maybe CW as needed (my
> CW is terrible).
>
> This is our first time out, so our plans are VERY soft, but the hope is
> this:
>
> 2pm Saturday - Mount Equinox, VT FN33kd (we may setup down the peak to
> avoid clobbering someone there full time)
> 6-7pm Saturday - Hogback Mountain, VT FN32ou. Parking lot on South side.
> 11am Sunday - Wachusett Mountain, MA FN42bl. Time is soft, may get there
> earlier.
> 4pm Sunday - Colt State Park, RI FN41iq. Again, time is soft. We'll be
> there until early evening.
>
> We'll attempt to keep up to date on the ON4KST page. I also have the Rover
> Status app that in theory will push to APRS. I have no idea if/how this
> works, but I do see my updates going to twitter.com/wa1te. Hopefully that
> means you'll see us there as well. It appears to post to the DX cluster as
> well as aprs.fi. We'll be K1SIG/R in the cluster and maybe K1SIG-6 in
> aprs, I'm not sure.
>
> Wish us luck! If there's a glaring "what are you idiots doing" in our
> plans, we'd love a heads up.
>
> Thanks and good luck to all of the operators out there this weekend.
>
> Sean WA1TE
>
>