Excellent Info about ARRL UHF ‘test Tomorrow/Sunday
Friday, July 31st, 2009This is going to be a long post but it’s a good one if you want to see how much is going to be happening around the Midwest starting at 1800Z (1pm central) tomorrow, until 1800Z on Sunday.
The short version is that a massive effort is about to get started on the 222 and higher bands. Less than 23 hours away. All hands on deck for this one. The focal point for the effort will be a well-equipped multi-op from Buck Hill, just a bit SSW of Minneapolis. Good antennas and power + all the UHF/UWave bands will be 500′ above surrounding terrain. So look toward EN34 on 222.115 and 432.115 to hear a busy multi-op.
I just got a great email from rover W9FZ Bruce. He will be in WI for this rove, and many of you will be able to work him multiple times in his 8 WI grids. I’m going to copy and paste Bruce’s email. It has all the fixed and rover station info that has been posted to the NLRS reflector.
Here the full QST from W9FZ:
Personally, I hope you point your beams to Dodgeville, WI on
Saturday and Wausau, WI on Sunday looking for me on 222.140
or 432.140. See my schedule below. I hope to sweep with you
on all the bands you have running. But even if we don’t
work, I hope you’ll find many of the operators I mention
below–and more! Please get on and have fun! Send in your
logs and mark your club of affiliation!
First, the rules can be found at:
http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2009/uhf.html
paper entry (summary) form
http://www.arrl.org/contests/forms/08uhffrm.pdf
paper logsheet (ARRL) .pdf
http://www.arrl.org/contests/forms/vuelog.pdf
paper logsheet (FZ) .pdf
http://w9fz.com/ham/uhfpluslogsheet.pdf
Next, Rovermania 6 is a part of the UHF contest. It’s an
effort to increase activity nationwide by encouraging more
rovers than normal to get on the air for the UHF contest.
Benefits of roving in the UHF contest: only 24 hours,
shorter beams, two less bands, and lots of fun. For
information on Rovermania 6 (which has a Northern Lights
Radio Society slant to it), see:
http://www.nlrs.org/RoverPlans/2009-08/RoverMania.htm
particularly check out the spreadsheets:
http://www.nlrs.org/RoverPlans/2009-08/SchedsByRover.pdf
http://www.nlrs.org/RoverPlans/2009-08/RoverGrids.pdf
http://www.nlrs.org/RoverPlans/2009-08/FixedStations.pdf
There will be a big multi-op (W0AUS) on top of a ski-hill on
the south side of Minneapolis for this contest. They will
have a FINE set-up and you should be able to work them. They
WANT to work you!!! Look for them around 222.115 and
432.115
Known Activty (Fixed):
W0AUS EN34 CD9EFGHI KM0T EN13 CD9EFGHIJ
W9GA EN53 CD9E(F?) K2DRH EN41 CD0EFG
KC9BQA EN63 CD9(E?)F N0GZ EN31 CD9E
WA9O EN53 D9E(FGH?)I KA0PQW EN33 CD
K9NS EN52 CD(E?) W0GHZ EN34 CD9EFGHI
W0UC EN44 CD9E K0SIX EN35 CD
N0AKC EN44 CD9EFG K0VG EN35 DE
K2YAZ EN74 CD9EFGHI K0AWU EN37 CD9EI
K8EB EN73 CD9EFGHI W9HQ EN43 CD
N4PZ EN52 DEI W9RPM EN43 CD
W9ZIH EN51 DEI KC0VFP EN35 CD
W9XA EN51 CD9EFI KC0RQH EN35 D
VE3KRP EN58 DEI KC0LXB EN34 CD
W0LGQ EN21 CD0EFI
W8PGW EN82 CD9EG
KB9TLV EN45 CD9EF
Known Activty (Rovers):
Rovers without schedules first, scroll down for rovers WITH
schedules.
N0DQS/R CD9EFGHIJ EN-12/13/22/23/31/21
K0PG/R + K9ILT/R CD9EF EN61/51/52/42/41
K9JK/R CD9E
W9FZ/R CD9EFI XXX.140
EN53bb 1800-2000Z (first 4 near
EN52ax 2030-2230Z Dodgeville, WI)
EN42wx 2300-0100Z
EN43wb 0130-0330Z
EN54ax 1000-1200Z (Sunday near
EN55aa 1200-1400Z Wausau, WI)
EN45xa 1400-1600Z
EN44wu 1600-1800Z
N0EDV/R CD9I XXX.123
EN45fa 1800-1900Z
EN35 2000-2100Z
EN46 2200-0000Z
EN36 0100-0300Z
EN37 1200-1330Z
EN47 1400-1600Z
Mobile other times
WB8BZK/R CDE XXX.145
EN51xr 1800-2030Z Woodridge, IL
EN61ax 2145-2245Z Wood Dale, IL
EN62ad 0030-0300Z Arlington Hts, Il Nichol Knoll
EN52Xc 1400-1800Z Palatine,IL
W9SNR/R CD9EFGHI XXX.135
EN61aa 1800-2000Z First 4 near Chebanse, IL
EN60av 2030-2230Z Times Approximate
EN50xv 2300-0100Z
EN51xx 0130-0300Z
EN62cc 1100-1400Z Glenview, IL
EN52xc 1500-1800Z Arlington Hts, IL
WA0VPJ/R CDE xxx.130
EN15mb 1800-1900Z
EN14xa 2100-2200Z
EN13xx 2230-2330Z
EN23ax 0000-0100Z
EN24xx 0130-0230Z
EN32hx 0600-0700Z
EN33qt 0830-0930Z
EN43iu 1030-1300Z
EN44ge 1430-1530Z
EN34xb 1700-1800Z
W0ZQ/R CD9EFGHI XXX.150
EN44bb 1800-2000Z Near St Charles,MN Corner
EN43aw 2020-2220Z
EN33vw 2235-0035Z
EN34ua 0050-0130Z
EN34oi 0220-0330Z
EN35ad 1130-1250Z Near Winstead, MN corner
EN25xb 1320-1440Z
EN24wv 1500-1615Z
EN34fs 1700-1800Z
KC0P/R + N0HZO/R DEI XXX.125
EN43aw 1800-2000Z
EN44bb 2020-2220Z
EN33xw 2240-0040Z
EN34nl 1500-1800Z
K0MHC/R CD9EFG XXX.145
EN17xa 1800-1930Z
EN16xx 1930-2100Z
EN26ax 2100-2230Z
EN27aa 2230-0000Z
EN15xx 0130-0230Z
EN25ax 0300-0400Z
KC0IYT/R CD9EFGHI XXX.135
EN43ca 1800-1930Z Near West Union, IA corner
EN42aw 2030-2200Z For these four
EN32xw 2230-0000Z
EN33wb 0100-0230Z
EN34jt 1500-1600Z
EN35ja 1630-1800Z
Tune around! Please! From .050 to .150 or more! Keep those
beams swinging! And send in your club score!
73, Bruce W9FZ/R