Announced Mobile Operations
KØPC
APRS Tracking: KØPC-9
Plan: CRV 1400, WRI 1432, MEE 1501, KND 1532, STR 1606, POP 1633, DOU 1657, GRA 1722, OTT 1745, WIL 1822, TRA 1859, BIG 1930, STV 1956, SWI 2024, LAC 2104, CHP 2127, YEL 2154, REN 2224, SIB 2318, MCL 2345
I will be operating CW only on 40M & 20M throughout the day. 80M at the end of the contest. Look for me near x.042 on each band.
KØRC (+KD8FS)
APRS Tracking: KD8FS-9
Plan: CHS 1400, PIN 1430, CRL 1515, STL 1555, AIT 1620, ITA 1630, AIT(2) 1655, CAS 1720, HUB 1757, BEC 1827, OTT 1852, WAD 1917, TOD 1942, CAS(2) 2037, CRO 2112, MIL 2147, KNB 2217, ISA 2257, CHS(2) 2337
Bob (KØRC) and his brother Al (KD8FS) plan to run MnQP following the route they used last year. In general we start in Chisago County and head North on i35 toward Floodwood. We turn West and take Hwy 200 toward Walker, skimming the south shore of Leech Lake and then pick up Hwy 34 heading SW toward Park Rapids. This is where we get on Hwy 71 and mobile south toward Wadena. Hwy 10 is found and takes us East past Brainerd to Garrison. We navigate the west shore of Mille Lacs Lake heading South and then East again to pick up Hwy 65. From there it’s a straight shot South through Cambridge to find Coopers Corner and then use some back-roads to find our way back home. When you plot this out on Google Maps the route looks like a big chicken leg that we navigate. Al is the driver and a second set of CW ears while I try to operate our Kenwood TS690s/at with a K1EL WinKeyer USB driven by the N1MM+ software using a Dell laptop computer. RF leaves our SUV on MFJ Hamsticks which impress me that OM2VL can always hear us! Hopefully the roads will be clear and dry like last year. If not, route changes may be needed to get us close to home by the end of the Party. Look for us on CW at 045 +/-
KEØTT
Plan: DOD 1400-1440, GOO 1500-1630, WAB 1700-1800, WIN 1830-1930, OLM 2130-2359
KEØTT is planning to activate these counties using CW on 20M & 40M.
WØZQ
Plan: WRI, MCL, CRV, STR, SHE, BEN, MIL, ISA, CHS, ANO
New mobile route allowing me to stay closer to home. 40 and 20m CW from each stop. Going to try 20m PH too. 15m if the prop is there.
73, Jon
W0ZQ/m
KEØTL (& NRØT)
APRS Tracking: KEØTL-9
Plan: DAK 1600, RIC 1620,
STE 1650, WSC 1705, FRE 1735, FAI 1755, MRT 1825, JAC 1905, COT 1935, RDW 2005, BRO 2035, NIC 2105, SCO 2145, HEN 2230 – 2245
Taty KE0TL and Rolf NR0T with be mobile again for MnQP. We will operate on phone and CW using the call KE0TL. As always, the route is subject to change, depending on weather/road conditions, etc. We are planning on operating a total of about 7 of the 10 hours.
ACØW
APRS Tracking: ACØW-9
Plan: MOW 1400, FRE 1418, FAI 1443, MRT 1509, WAT 1539, BRO 1606, RDW 1639 REN 1659, SIB 1720, NIC 1830, BLU 1857, WSC 1911, STE 1929, DOD 1944, GOO 2015, WAB 2036, OLM 2134, 2IN 2152, HOU 2220, FIL 2239, OLM(2) 2315, MOW(2) 2238
Here’s my plans for next weekend. I have a few breaks built in, got to keep the driver happy. On CW look for me around .039. I’ll probably hit phone in a few counties that I have too much time (Lyon & Blue Earth).
W9FZ (& KA9VVQ)
APRS Tracking: W9FZ-4
Plan: LIN 1400-1445, LYO 1515-1600, MUR 1630-1715, PIP 1815-1900, ROC 1930-2105, NOB 2030-2115, COT 2200-2245, JAC 2315-2400
Janice (KA9VVQ) and I now live in Wisconsin but to make progress towards the quest of operating from all 87 counties, this year, we will knock out 8 in far southwest Minnesota.
We will use the name “Jan”. We appreciate being spotted. We intend to self-spot exclusively on: http://qsopartyhub.com/mnqp-spots.php . We will be chirping APRS as W9FZ-4 . The MNQP mobile tracker should have us.
SSB only for us. Mostly 20M. We hope to have a little 40m. Sure, we will check 15m and 80m. We sometimes have trouble finding an open freq on 20m because we do NOT operate on the fly. We take a break during travel times. We don’t mind hints towards an open freq.
WØADL (& KØDJD)
APRS Tracking: WØADL-9
Plan: HEN, DAK, GOO, OLM, WAB, WIN, OLM(2), DOD, STE, WSC, LES, BLU, BRO, NIC, REN, SIB, SCO
SSB on 10, 15, & 20 meters.
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