[Mich VHF UHF Society] Fwd: June VHF participation

[David DeVos]

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> Hey everyone - My plans for the contest are combined with NE8I/R.  We will be traveling West from Grand Rapids to the Illinois/Indiana border area on Saturday morning to work stations in that region.  Traveling back in SW Michigan and sitting in the Grid Corner near Bath, MI late afternoon, and up to the EN72/62/73/63 grid corner 7-9PM.  Ending up back in Grand Rapids for the Saturday evening.
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> On Sunday, we are headed to EN82 near I-96 and the Milford exit to sit on GP hill for a couple hours.  Then further east to the shore of Lake Erie to try to work stations there.  Heading back after 6:00 PM Sunday, and I will again be operating in the Grand Rapids / Holland area.  Lloyd is going to head North to his QTH.
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> Lloyd and I both have 6-24G and would love to work you.
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> I will respond to text messages, and will attempt to post our positions on W0UC.com <http://w0uc.com/>.
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> David DeVos - KF8QL/R
> www.davedevos.com <http://www.davedevos.com/>
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>> On Jun 9, 2016, at 5:48 PM, David Pruett <k8cc at comcast.net <mailto:k8cc at comcast.net>> wrote:
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>> All,
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>> I've been working hard for the past month getting my station ready for the June VHF QSO Party.  (At times like this, it's good to be retired :-))  I plan to be single-op/low-power on 50 thru 1296 with the following power and antennas from EN82eh:
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>> * 50:   200W & 7L yagi
>> * 144:  130W & 18L yagi
>> * 222:  100W & 16L yagi
>> * 432:  100W & 24L yagi
>> * 902:  10W & 40L yagi
>> * 1296: 30W & 45L looper
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>> All of these antennas are at least 70' in the air.  The 1296 looper was purchased this past Dayton and went up in the air just this morning.  This will be the first time my station has been QRV on 1296.
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>> I plan to operate the entire contest, but I have a birthday party for my sister-in-law around supper time on Saturday so I'll likelt miss a couple of hours.  I plan to be on the ON4KST chat pages for the duration.
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>> I have a couple of buddies from the Mad River Radio Club who are not on this reflector, but will be on the air this weekend in the contest, and good for some QSOs:
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>> * Tim, K9TM in Sylvania, OH in EN81 will be on 50 thru 432,
>>   single-operator/low-power with big M2 yagis on a 64' tower. His
>>   entire inside VHF setup is new since Dayton.
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>> * Another Tim, KE8OC in Canton, MI will be on 50/144/432/1296 from
>>   EN82.  100W/3L on 50, 100W/5L on 144, 50W/5L on 432, 10W/homwbrew
>>   "cheap yagi".  The KE8OC antennas aren't very high, but I'm sure
>>   he'll be plugging away looking for QSOs.
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>> I hope to work lots of MIVUS members during the contest. Let's see if we can make it two in a row by winning the Local category in the Affiliated Club Competition after winning it in the September contest.
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>> Good luck to the rovers and everyone in the club who gets on.
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>> 73, Dave/K8CC
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>> On 6/9/2016 7:37 AM, Patrick Thomas wrote:
>>> Any plans for the weekend?  I haven't seen a lot of traffic on the list to this effect so I hope it's not a faux pas to promote a bit!
>>> 
>>> I'm kind of winging it depending on equipment reliability and karma, but I am hoping to run a park-and-go limited rover (6m, 2m, 220 QRP, 440) for Saturday, starting in southwestern EN82, out to Chelsea or possibly Jackson... and if things go smoothly, down to Adrian, back to Monroe, up along the water to 696, and back home.
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>>> Maybe I will trust my station and capabilities to go a little farther in September, but for now, I'm just counting my blessings that nothing explodes or breaks off... and that goes for the radio gear and the vehicle both. :)
>>> 
>>> Speaking of location-seeking, has anyone reliably got Radio Mobile (http://cplus.org/rmw/english1.html <http://cplus.org/rmw/english1.html>) to work?  I've been having issues getting some of the topo data downloaded.
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>>> Thanks & good luck to anyone participating,
>>> 
>>> Patrick - KB8DGC
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