[VHFcontesting] KG6CIH/r preliminary january plans

[Chris Lumens]

Hey everyone, I've added my preliminary route to the the W3SZ/K1RZ
database but I thought it was worth mentioning on various mailing lists
just to draw more attention.

I have all bands through 10 GHz, with good power on the bottom four and
at least a couple watts on every band after that.  All bands have beams
or dishes, and all are on the same rotateable mast.

As of right now, my plans are (all times Eastern):

Saturday:
* FN10xc, 1400 - 1535
* FN20ad, 1610 - 1740
* FM29hx, 1855 - 2105

Sunday:
* FN31rg, 0810 - 1020
* FN42fg, 1240 - 1450
* FN32ou, 1640 - 1850
* FN43cd, 2125 - end

10 digit grids are on the map if you need to know exactly where I am.

In addition, I am hoping to schedule contacts with someone in the
following grids:

* FN21xb - I am planning on staying at a hotel in this area.  I would
   love to make a quick contact on a band or two to get a mult for
   activating the grid.  I will be here around ~ 2315.  I'll be tired,
   probably annoyed about something, and probably have a headache.  So I
   won't be much in the mood to spend any time on microwaves.

* FN41?? - I'll be passing through FN41 on I-395.  Given the above
   schedule, I don't have time to make a real stop.  However, if anyone
   knows of a spot along the highway I can stop and work a couple bands,
   I would like that too.

On Saturday, my primary focus is SSB/CW contacts with big stations in
the FN10/FN20/FM19/FM29 area, as well as any other stations to the south
and west.  I will probably not spend much time at all looking towards
New England.  I am planning on scheduling Saturday pretty thoroughly, so
please understand if I don't have time to peak beams up exactly.

On Sunday, my primary focus will be more on SSB/CW contacts in New
England.  From FN31 I can probably also reach to the south, too.
Sundays are typically slower, so I'll work in some digital contacts
here and can spend more time dialing in those beam headings.

Please get in touch with me if you want to schedule something.

Finally, I'd like to mention that this is an extremely ambitious rove
and there are a lot of reasons why it could not happen.  I need good
weather on Friday in order to drive down to PA, and I need good weather
at least on Thursday and some of Wednesday to assemble the truck.  If
those days are a bust, no matter how good the weekend is, I won't be
able to go to PA.  But hopefully it'll work out!

-- 
Chris Lumens - KG6CIH
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