KC3WD

KC3WD – Grid: FM18ku

Matt Butcher – Captain Selectee

First licensed: 1983 as KA3NUA; age 19 Other calls: N3EQZ

Accomplishments:

Organizations: * Grid Pirates Contest Group * University of Maryland ARA

Radio Activities: * Roving, roving, roving – 50 MHz through 10 GHz and Laser

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KC3WD/R June 2003

2003 June VHF Rove al la KC3WD

John, ka1tb, joins Matt, kc3wd, once again. In a repeat of our June 2000 teaming, we outdo ourselves to come up with a score of 162k!!!

In 2003 for the Mid-Atlantic states, April showers brought May showers, which brought June showers! This all made configuring and driving of […]

KC3WD/R June 2001

June VHF Contest 2001 Subtitle – Rover Rover Rover Sub-Sub Title – An Exercise In Sleep Deprivation

Rob Daniels (No Call Yet) and Matt Butcher take on 1,000 miles of highway, 16 grids and more dogs (rovers) than we can count. Little do we know what is in store for us in the two days […]

KC3WD/R June 2000

June 2000 KC3WD & KA1TB Rover Team

A tale of two rovers. Matt (KC3WD) and John’s (KA1TB) big adventure. Ack!!! It’s Saturday morning and we don’t have Topo USA – How are we ever going to get to these locations? We will have to wait till the store’s open. Does Staples have it? They […]

June 2007 Contest Audio (public domain)

Welcome to the K8GP Grid Pirates Contest Group audio page and search engine. During the past ARRL June 2007 VHF contest K8GP managed to record many hours of MP3 audio from a portion of its individual VHF, UHF and microwave stations. This was a good thing since as it turns out we experienced something we […]

June 2007 – 10 years on Spruce Knob

ARRL June 2007 VHF contest

June 9-11, 2007

K8GP Spruce Knob, WV (FM08fq) 4,863′

June 2007 crew

50 MHz – K1HTV Rich & NW5E Gary

144 MHz – K1RA Andy & K3MM Ty

222 Mhz – W3ZZ Gene & N2NAR Mike

432 MHz – K1TR Ed

902_1296 MHz – K8ISK Terry

2304_up MHz – […]

N3UW/R June 2000-2002

N3UW’s (ex-KD4DSX) Amateur Radio Contest Rovering Page “The Land Rover Daze” – 2000-2002

Rich Biby – KD4DSX Rovering in EM98 June 2000 VHF Contest

On the Rover:

* Front mast: 2 M & a 6M Halo * On the rear mast (yes, it is on a rotator attached to the hitch) is: * […]

Rovers

Rovers are an integral part of a typical VHF contest weekend. These are teams of individuals who take their VHF, UHF and microwave equipment on the road to operate from multiple locations, or grids squares, over the period of a contest weekend. Rovers offer all contest stations a greater chance to increase their overall scores, […]