[VHFcontesting] KM4KMU (FM Category) shifting operating locations for contest

nosigma at aol.com nosigma at aol.com
Wed Jan 16 07:16:13 EST 2019


Due to a weather front coming in Sunday morning (sub zero with high winds on the mountain) I will be moving my operating location to a lower altitude a lot closer to civilization.
New Location:  FM08XW (grid corner of FM08-09-18-19)Altitude 2,250 ft.40 miles west of Washington DC on I-66.
6, 2, 1.25m, 70cm with beams 100w amps, pre amps.  FM on all bands.  Always happy to work SSB on bands where we cant make an FM QSO.
I will have cell service and text at this location (a new experience for me) so feel free to set up a sched.703 678 6795.
>From this location I will be able to work FM out to a 150 mile radius arc.  Clockwise the arc should cover Altoona PA,  State College PA, Reading PA, South Philly, Ocean City Md, and Norfolk Va.  Due south I will be about 30 miles short of Raleigh Durham.  I will be very limited to the west, basically the I-81 corridor.
I should be able to reach the following grids with normal propagation to a 3dB omni.FM06 (eastern)FM07 (eastern)FM08, (east of I-81)FM09  (east of I-81)FM16  (nothern)FM17FM18FM19FM28 (western)FM29FN00 (south east)FN10FN11 (southern)FN20 (southwest corner)
Good Luck to All73JohnKM4KMU


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