KA6U Trip Update - Murphy on the Road

Tonight near the Texas/New Mexico border one of the tires on my RV had a blow-out (really a blow-up).
It blasted a hole in the floor in the kitchen area but only took out a few water hoses (and part of the floor).

So the plan is revised.  Tomorrow morning, Saturday, I will put the spare tire on and drive to Raton, New Mexico.  On Sunday morning starting at about 0700UTC I plan to be QRV on 23cm.  I know this is a bad time for EU.   Because of this event I will not be doing an activation in the 4 corners area this Summer near Teec no Pas.

Next I will drive to Denver CO to get the RV repaired.  This will probably take a couple of weeks.

So without the RV I  am planning to do a 3000km circuit around the Northwestern/North Central US.
After dropping the RV off on in Aurora, Colorado Sunday the 19th I will go over the mountains to Utah.  Here is the revised plan, grid information in a future posting:
  • Utah June 21
  • Nevada June 22
  • Idaho June 24
  • Oregon June 25
  • Washington June 26
  • Montana July 1
  • Wyoming July 3
  • North Dakota July 5
  • South Dakota July 6
  • Nebraska July 7
This is the schedule if everything goes well.... HA!
If I get delayed due to equipment, weather, etc. then ND, SD,  NE will be delayed until July 17, 18, 19.

I also plan to operate 2M and 23cm at the same time as close to MR as practical.  Then switch from 2M to 70cm then to 222.

73, Peter KA6U

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