For this weekend's VHF contest, I have added an ID-880H to my radio payload in addition to the usual 6m-70cm SSB gear.
This will be connected to the capable Jetstream JT7905B dual band vertical. Operating both voice and data (D-Rats when not mobile) on 145.670. On Saturday my operating course starts at Montauk Point (FN41BB) at about 1:00 PM, FN31XA (Hither Hills park) at about 4:30 PM, FN30 (Suffolk, Nassau, Queens, Brooklyn) mobile from about 8:00 PM, and FN20 (Staten Island) at about 10:00 PM until about 1:00 AM. On Sunday operating starts at about 10:00 AM from the HOSARC hamfest parking lot (FN30BR), and at about 2:00 PM from various locations in Staten Island (FN20) until about 7:00 PM. If you are in an area that I will be covering, please try to give a call. The standard exchange is your call sign and grid square. Position tracking available via APRS (KB2BSL-1). I don't expect to give out many, but I do have special QSL cards for any D-Star contacts made during the contest. Thanks! Gary KB2BSL
