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N2MH/R Photo Scrapbook - N2MH/R September 2003, VHF Contest

Initial Plans

Rove through northern New York, western New York, northeast Pennsylvania and northern New Jersey

Karen and I headed for Watertown on Friday night. Our plan was to start the contest at Tibbetts Point Lighthouse, New York (FN14), then go to the town pier in Cape Vincent, NY (still in FN14) which juts out into the St. Lawrence River and has a clear shot to the north. From there, go to the parking lot of a golf course in FN24, drop down to "100 Cows" in FN23, then go over to a high lookout on the Seaport Trail in FN13. After that, we had no defined plans and we were going to wing it.

New for this rove was some new equipment

• A 24 element log periodic antenna for 144, 222, and 432
• A 1296 DEMI transverter and 6' looper

Unlike June, we had no plans to monitor 222.350 MHz. FM for coordination, and no plans to bring up CU2QSO. Neither of these tactics worked for us in June, so we left them home.

Grid Coverage and Sites Activated

We covered the following 10 grids:

• FN14ud - Cape Vincent town pier (NY)
• FN14tc - Wilson Point (NY)
• FN24bb - Pamelia Center (NY)
• FN23av - "100 Cows" (NY)
• FN13vu - Lake Ontario overlook (NY)
• FN22dw - Mutton Hill (NY)
• FN12 - en route on the NYS Thruway (NY)
• FN13ba - NYS Thruway rest stop(NY)
• FN03va - Genesee County Airport (NY)
• FN02vu - Werner Road (NY)
• FN12 - en route on I-390 and Route 17 (NY)
• FN22 - en route on Route 17 and I-81 (NY)
• FN21hb - Camelback Mountain (PA)
• FN20vt - Eagle Rock Reservation (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.

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