The party runs from 1800 UTC Saturday, September 12 through 0300 UTC Monday, September 14.
For Los Angeles time UTC/GMT -7 hours +1 hour for Daylight Savings time. That would be Saturday, September 12, 2009 at 1100 AM Local time to September 13, 2009 at 8:00 PM Local time. I am burned out so do not rely on my math. Please give it an hour in either direction until I wake up and verify. Or look at this site http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html Hey that was pretty close . . .perfect
There are a few things you will need:
[listitem]Your maidenhead grid square try this map to locate where you may operate from http://f6fvy.free.fr/qthLocator/fullScreen.php, just click on the map and read the QTH locator. It is fun to work as a rover station moving between several grid squares it helps greatly in accumulating points.[/listitem]
[listitem]da rules see http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2009/sepvhf.html[/listitem]
[listitem]and something with which to log could be paper and pencil or a computer program[/listitem]
Directional antennas help a lot but are not necessary. Amplifiers help a lot but are not necessary, Height helps a lot but is not necessary. APRS helps but is not necessary. Just get out there and have some fun!
There is a lot of information so take a good look at the links.
