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The K5N team of Dan Bates, N5TM; Bill Simpson, N5YA; Kyle De Haas, KA5D; Kourt De Hass. KB5PRZ; Ivan De Haas, KG5UNR; and Marshall Williams. K5QE, will take to the road in July with the intent of activating grid DL89 in Study Butte, Texas, just west of the Big Bend National Park; and DL79 in Presidio, Texas, both rare grids and high on the FFMA’s list of most wanted grids1. Though the plan is somewhat fluid as this is written in late May, the team plans on being QRV on 50 MHz on July 6th from DL89 and from DL79 on July 9th, depending on actual station setup and tear-down.

Operation will take place on SSB and CW whenever Sporadic-E (E) is evident due to the much higher QSO rates associated with those> available on the Slack VHF Chat system for you to contact N5TM.

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