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W3DHJ/R ARRL JUNE VHF
Well, my original plans for starting out on Capulin Volcano are bust.
Their posted (re)opening date is for JUNE FIFTEEN! I could neither convince the National Park Service to open on June 13, nor the ARRL to postpone the contest until June 20. Perhaps it is something I can work into my plans for the CQ WW VHF in July. So, my current plan is to start the contest in DM86bx about 1-2 miles south of the Colo-NM border on NM 551. From Google Maps and Google Street View I should have a good horizon into New Mexico from there. After an hour or so I will slink back up into Colorado for about a mile and continue to operate out of DM86bx with a good horizon into Colorado. Then I'll move a couple hundred yards further north and operate from DM87ba -- for maybe another hour - and depending on Es condx. After that I will roll on up to the northern edge of the grid to DM87cx. I will finish the day's operations in DM88bb. Sunday will see me doing my old, time proven grid sequence of DM78xa, DM77xw, DM87bw, and DM88bb -- circling the 38°N, 104°W conjunction. I'll be operating Rover Limited: 6M SSB-CW, 2M SSB-CW, and 432 SSB-CW. More details at https://W3DHJ.net/vhfrover_plans.php Saturday: SAT #1: DM86bx: 1800z-1910z, NM Hwy 551 then roll up to SAT #2: DM86bx: 1920z-2030z, CO Hwy 389 then move to SAT #3: DM87ba: 2045z-2145z, then a long move to SAT #4: DM87cx: 2300z-0100z, then slip up to SAT #4: DM88bb: 0130z-0200+z, then enroute home DM78rf47hc Sunday: SUN #0: DM78rf47hc QTH: Radio checks (possible contacts?) SUN #1: DM78xa: ~1200z~1530z Earliest possible "in" time to latest possible "out" time... SUN #2: DM77xw: ~1530z~1900z " " SUN #3: DM87bw: ~1900z~2230z " " SUN #4: DM88bb: ~2230z~0200+z " " 73 ES GL Jonesy -- Marvin L Jones | W3DHJ | W3DHJ | https://W3DHJ.net/ Pueblo, Colorado | @ | Jonesy | __ linux FreeBSD 38.238N 104.547W | jonz.net | DM78rf | 73 SK |
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