06/24/2009 | KO4MA/R Dave, AJ4LU and I operated as KO4MA/R. We activated 22 grids in 3
states, covering about 1300 road miles. Our station consisted of directional antennas on 6m-70cm mounted on the trailer hitch, and M2 loops on 2m and 70cm.
I think the highlight of the contest for us was snagging KF4VTT/VP9 on 6m while on a cloverleaf between I85 and I26. As Dave drove around the 270+ degree loop, I worked the rotor to keep pointed on VP9 and made the QSO. Having the Par Moxon pointed the right direction helped, after inadvertently mounting it backwards for the January contest. Also, because of the late rule change on limited rovers, we had to find 222 gear quickly to replace our 1.2 GHz gear from January. The Elecraft XV-222 I found on EBay the week before the contest, and the 7 element M2 antenna was the biggest surprise
for me. Using an 817 to drive the transverter, 222 was consistently better than our 910 and 3 element beam on 2m.

73, Drew KO4MA -- KO4MA