Sean Kutzko KX9X and Nancy Livingston N9NCY are about to embark on a vacation from their home in central Illinois to Glacier National Park in Montana. The point of the trip is hiking and camping, but because Sean is Sean (and Nancy seems enthusiastic about it), there will be hamming. Mostly on Satellites from ‘rare’ grid squares, and some six meters. And they came by to talk about the trip.

If that seems ambitious, our own Jim Aspenwall NO1PC will hit the road starting Field Day weekend for a month-long, coast-to-coast vacation. That’s a family-visit oriented thing, but it will also include lots of hamming and Parks On The Air. Follow Jim’s progress on APRS.

We give a few random Field Day tips (and point you to Ria N1RJ’s show for ‘Your comprehensive guide’.

And finally, Gary relates how he techno-shamed local hams because he’s a 😈 bad ham 😈

LINKS:

• Sean KX9X links:

  • https://www.wildwestrove.com/

  • YouTube Satellite Operating Tips playlist on DX Engineering

  • Working the Ham Satellites - PDF Slideshow

  • DX Engineering On All Bands blog

  • Listen to Sean’s first ever ISS contact