[VHFcontesting] Fwd: VE7AFZ/R update re the January contest

[Mark Spencer]

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> Hi.   I am still not 100 percent certain of my plans but I hope / expect to be operating in CN99 at the start of the contest..  (Probably from the same site I operated from near Agassiz last January.)   Essentially the plan is to arrive early in the area on Saturday morning and try and find the best possible site I can.  If I can't find a site near Agassiz I have always wanted to try operating from the Highway three rest stop near the Hope Slide (to the East of Hope along the Hope Princeton Highway.)    I am doubtful I will be able to access my usual sites on Mount Woodside but I may get lucky.    (The access road has recently been deactivated and cross ditched which may complicate driving on it if there is snow on the ground.)  
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> At some point I expect to show up in CN89 and I may take another run at operating from CO80 during a January contest (perhaps FT8 and or MSK144 might help make a few contacts from the sites I can access in CO80 during this time of year.)
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> The main effort this year will be on 50 Mhz (I will be running my usual IC7300, 375 Watt amp and 3 element beam.)  I will also have horizontal beam antennas and smaller amps for 144 and 432 Mhz.   
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> Sorry for the lack of details.  I am really at the mercy of the weather and road conditions this time of year. 
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> 73 and good luck all in the contest.
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> Mark S
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