Entrance to the gob know, EM59ek just east of Farmersville, IL
Gravel roadway up to the gob summit. Note the RECC wind turbine.
Although the weather forecast called for overcast skies, it turned out to be partly cloudy as attested to by Herbert and Harry's sun burnt faces.
Herbert AF4JF set-up on top of the gob.
Harry WA0CNS listening for 10 GHz signals from Ron KO0Z.
"Shoot and scoot" map. The yellow ring has a 20 mile diameter and the red one is 40 miles from the gob site. Yellow pins are prospective rover sites. Ron started at Pin 1 and worked counterclockwise.
This shot of KO0Z is at Pin 5 just outside of Taylorville, IL EM59io about 21 miles from the gob site.
All in all, it was a great microwave dxpedition. The shoot and scoot idea works. It would work even better if we can get a couple of teams to rove. One going clockwise and the other counterclockwise. We made great two-way Qs from every location except for Pin 6 (New City, IL) just north of the gob. We were getting tired, sun burnt and ready to call it a day so we skipped activating Pin 6. We did work Pins 7 and 8 before we finished up around 6 pm.
For a more detailed description of the August 17 microwave dxpedition please check out the BARS BlogSpot at http://bi-state-amateur-radio-society.blogspot.com/
73, Ron KO0Z EM59ck
