N2MH Information For Rovers

N2MH/R Photo Scrapbook - N2MH/R September 2002, VHF Contest

Plans updated September 11, 2002

Rove through Western Pennsylvania, New York, and Northern New Jersey

Karen and I will leave early on Saturday and head for FN00rg, Blue Knob, Pennsylvania, where we will start the contest. Equipment will cover 50, 144, 222 and 432 MHz. Antennas will be single halos on 50 and 144 MHz. and stacked halos on 222 and 432 MHz. During the contest, we will try to monitor 144.250, 146.55 FM (vertical) and 222.35 FM (horizontal) MHz. We will probably stop somewhere in FN03 or FN13 for the night and continue the next morning.

Grid Coverage and Proposed Sites

We will try to cover the following 15 grids:

FN00rg - Blue Knob (PA)
FM09 - en route on I-76 (PA)
FN10hl - Tuscarora Mountain (PA) *
FN11hb - Riansares Mountain (PA)
FN11lv - Tower Hill (PA) *
FN12ef - Call Hill (NY)
FN02wv - Burks Hill (NY)
FN03va - Genesee County Airport (NY) *
FN13gb - The Lodge at Woodcliffe (NY)
FN22dw - Mutton Hill (NY)
FN23gi - Quaker Hill (NY) *
FN32 - en route on NYS Thruway
FN21xh - Bear Mountain (NY)
FN31ah - Bear Mountain (NY)
FN30bx - State Line Lookout (NY)
FN20vt - Highlawn Pavillion (NJ)

Information on all locations can be found on the N2MH RoveSite Locator Page. Almost all locations are new for us and those marked with an asterisk * are new for anybody.

Score

Band	QSO's	Points	Grids
50	95	95	21
144	118	118	23
222	58	116	18
432	69	138	21
Total	340	467	83
Grids Activated			15
Grand Total		467	98
Final Score		45766

Results

This appears to be our best effort to date for a September contest.

This page last revised on September 16, 2002.

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