K3LFO/W3DIO Rover Site

I will be on the air this coming weekend for the CQ WW VHF from my driveway in FM19jj.  I will be operating under my own callsign (W3DIO).  I’ll be on both 6 and 2 meters SSB, CW and Digital.  Hope to catch you on the air.  If you want to set up a schedule just send me an email at w3dio@arrl.net.

Band conditions seemed to be not quite what they were last September but we still went out and had fun. It was VERY HOT on Saturday. Check out our contest report for details and pictures.

Our run frequency on 2 meters will be 144.245. If you call us and don’t hear us try back in a few minutes as we will be returning back to this frequency often in between searching and pouncing. We will be running 50 through 3456.

DISCLAIMER: All times are relative and subject to change due to band conditions!

Saturday

FM27BX (Crisfield, MD shore) – Start of contest Approximately 1.5 hours

*Travel Time 2.0 hours

FM28AW (Army Reserve Center) – Approximately 2 hours

*Travel Time 15 minutes

FM29AA (Community Center) – Approximately 1.5 hours

*Travel Time 30 minutes

FM18UX (Near Bay Bridge Airport) – Approximately 1.0 hours

*Travel Time 2.0 hours

FM19JJ (W3DIO’s Home QTH Driveway)

*** FM19JJ depends on whether I get some tree’s trimmed before the contest

UPDATE: Tree’s have been trimmed. The RV will make it up my driveway now!!!

Would like to make some digital mode contacts at night. Who needs sleep anyhow?

I believe these are the standard operating frequencies for WSJT and PSK31 on 6 and 2. Look for us there and we can work up the bands as far as conditions will permit. Probably getting in around 1am EDT.

50.260  JT65
50.262  FSK441
50.290  PSK31
144.140 JT65
144.142 FSK441
144.144 PSK31

Sunday

FM19KJ or FM19jj depending (Mount Airy, MD) – Approximately 2.0 hours

*Travel Time 1.25 hours

FM09UR (Sidling Hill) – Approximately 2.5 hours

*Travel Time 3.0 hours

FM08US (Skyline Drive – Hogback) – End of Contest

Note: More details and updates to this may be forthcoming…