Thanks for Your Contacts 222 Distance and Up Contest AA2SD Rove 

Well it was a slow contest for me and Rove this weekend, and I had some equipment issues to deal with during the Rove,  Overall 27 contacts in (2) local Grid Squares on 222 and 70 cm. Nobody said Roving would be easy, l am learning and making adjustments.

Thanks to the Pack Rats and others that worked me during the contest!

Follow along with me -  YouTube link on the Rove

https://youtu.be/opemxSXoOt4

Hello Club Members and all Friends. 

I will  be Roving to (2) locations during Saturday and Sunday for the  222 MHz Up ARRL Contest this weekend. You can track my location on APRS.FI by entering SSID number AA2SD-5 Please follow me on the APRS.fi mobile app at the following link and enter APRS SSID number AASD-5 to track my location.

 I plan to use a 10 element small beam  A430S10 Yagi Antenna  for 70 CM and a 6 element ELK small 222MHz Beam with a push up pole at each location,

I am also in the W3SZ/K1RZ Database - https://w3sz.com/k1rz/k1rzmaster.htm

Bands and Locations

• 222, and 432 MHz  (2 bands only) SSB 

• Monitoring FM Simplex 70cm 446.0 and 222 FM Simplex 223.5

• Saturday August 5th  Local Rove FM29  - Ridley Creek State Park PA 400 feet elevation    Grid Square FM29gw Time Estimate 2PM EST to 5PM EST

• Sunday August 6th   Local Rove FN20 - Fort Washington State Park PA  261 feet elevation Grid Square FN20jd Time Estimate 10AM EST to 1PM EST

Time and setup may vary based on weather conditions, antenna set up  and travel time at each location.

The contest begins at 1800 UTC Saturday and ends at 1759 UTC Sunday Contest rules can be found here: 

https://contests.arrl.org/ContestRules/222-MHz-Rules.pdf?_gl=1*1x7fwek*_ga*Njg1NDAwMTgwLjE2OTA5MTcwNTQ.*_ga_PZM4RWMR3R*MTY5MDkxNzA1NC4xLjAuMTY5MDkxNzA1NC4wLjAuMA..

Ridley Creek State Park

• Saturday August 5th  Local Rove FM29  - Ridley Creek State Park PA 400 feet elevation    Grid Square FM29gw Time Estimate 2PM EST to 5PM EST

Fort Washington State Park

 Saturday August 5th  Local Rove FM29  - Ridley Creek State Park PA 400 feet elevation    Grid Square FM29gw Time Estimate 2PM EST to 5PM EST