ARRL Jan VHF 2026 - VA7OTC/R

[VE7MHI John D Erskine]

Like it sez on the tin!

VA7OTC/R Rover Limited, car portable style - four bands USB & FM.
Hopefully FT-8 on 50 MHz.

Three rigs. Just enough speakers to go mildly mad.

Saturday:
- Skirt Mtn CN-88 to start. QRV ~ 1230 +/- lots (I live in broad
margins)
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- CN-78 near Jordan R. later in the aft. No mobile phone data here.

QRV about 1530-ish. Success here depends on who listens this way. "Look
West young man!" Well, WNW.

So CN-78 will likely be here or here.
<https://graphhopper.com/maps/?point=48.420058%2C-124.046868&point=48.417495%2C-124.018377&profile=car&layer=TF+Outdoors>

One has a relatively clearer path to the Sound and often 50 MHz noise,
the other has a modicum of altitude. Unfortunately the latter also has
dense trees though that is somewhat offset with a biffy as a bonus.
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Sunday:
- CN-88 Malahat Summit QRV 1130 +/- (if overall sked falls apart I may
skip just this one.)
- CN-89 Nanaimo area
- CN-79 NW of Nanaimo. Possibly Mt. Benson parking.

An FT-8 CQ to start each Grid may work for spotting. APRS VA7OTC-7

73, John
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John D Erskine
VE7MHI VA7OTC
CN88hk NA-036
Victoria, B.C.