2020 ARRL June VHF Contest Planned Operation

I’ll be operating in the Limited Rover category in the upcoming 2020 ARRL June VHF 
Contest with the following bands, power, and antennas on a pickup truck bed-mounted
 mast with rotor.
  • 6 meters, 100 watts, Sal Electronics SE-6MB Moxon
  • 2 meters, 150 watts, 7-element 2m homebrew Yagi on 8-foot boom
  • 1.25 meters, 8 watts, Directive Systems DSEFO222-10RS 10-element Rover Yagi, Ukrainian transverter
  • 70 cm, 20 watts,  Directive Systems DSEFO432-15RS 15-element Rover Yagi
  • EFactor 2m/70cm loop.
  • 2m APRS, 50 watts, Larsen NMO-2/70 vertical, FTM-400XDR
       The 6/2/440 rig is a Yaesu FT-857D. An old reliable Radio Shack HTX-10 10-meter rig provides the IF for the 220 transverter.


      I plan to cover 11 grids over the weekend. The routes bracket the DFW metroplex. Hopefully, I can work DFW, Austin, and Abilene from the west and then follow up with a run that should include DFW, Houston, and Shreveport, LA areas. If I traveled north from my home QTH, there is a lot of Great Plains space but far feer hams per capita. Such is the fate of a ham in far North Central Texas right on the Texas-Oklahoma border!

Modes will include SSB, CW, and digital modes such as FT8, FT4, and MSK144. I am happy to accommodate any schedules! I will be primarily in the Slack VHF Chat.

73,

Korey-WA5RR

Day 1 Route




Saturday
  • EM11— 1 to 2 PM Central
  • EM01 — 2:30 to 3:30 PM
  • EM12 — 3:30 to 4:30 PM
  • EM02 — 4:30 to 5:30 PM
  • EM03 — 7:30 to 8:30 PM
  • EM04 — 8:30 PM to 9:30 PM
Day 2 Route


Sunday
  • EM14xa — 8 to 9 AM Central
  • EM24aa — 9 to 9:30 AM
  • EM23ax — 9:30 to 10 AM
  • EM13xx — 10 to 10:30 AM
  • EM22ax — 1 to 2 PM
  • EM21ax — 4 to 5 PM
  • EM12va — 5:30 to 6:30 PM
  • EM11 — 7 to 8 PM
Overall Weekend Grid Coverage Map

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