Cool. We may be out of town, but I sure understood everything you are
talking about!

The routing to that location may be complex. That side of Chino has some
confusing roads....Steve, have you been there before, do you have/need
directions? Is there access from the west side via Williamson Valley Rd?
(Coords are close 'nuff)

Trisha ~ "Lightning" N7TMY and

Dan ~ "VStar" WB6ALS

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: "Team Tierra Buena"
  To: "Arizona Geocaching"
  Subject: [Az-Geocaching] Prescott/Chino Valley Cachers (Especially
  Hamcachers)
  Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 21:31:57 -0700

My plans are as finalized as these things get, so I thought I’d throw
them out here in case anyone’s interested.

I’m planning on combining caching and operating this Field Day weekend,
at the Scottsdale Amateur Radio Club’s field day site in Chino Valley
sometime early afternoon. My best guess at the site coordinates is N 34°
46.174’ W 112° 31.727’. If that doesn’t work, it’s the west side of Blue
Star Rd just south of Macondo Rd, about 12 miles north of Prescott. If
that doesn’t work, talk-in is 147.18 simplex, which I’ll be monitoring,
but I’ll just have an HT and a duck, so call the talk-in station and get
directions from them, or ask them for permission to call me.

My plan is to leave the Valley right around sunrise, and hit a few caches
on my way up to Chino Valley via Wickenburg, Congress, and Yarnell. (Who
knows, I-17 may still be closed Saturday.)  I’ll leave the FD site after
dark, but I need to be home Saturday night <sigh>. If you just want to
come by and check out the site, ask for Lee, KY7M. They’ll likely point
you towards the 20-meter CW tent. I’ll be most likely logging. Lee is a
BIG Gun.

For those who don’t know what I’m talking about but are still reading,
this weekend is the bazillionth annual occurrence of this event. It’s a
combination contest, emergency preparedness exercise, and social
gathering, where the object is to work as many other Amateur Radio
stations as possible in 24 hours using only equipment that is not
connected to commercial power mains. If this sounds frivolous, consider
that Amateur setups like this were essentially the only communications
off many of the islands struck by the December tsunami for the first two
weeks of the disaster.

Everyone is welcome to visit the Field Day site, which will be setting up
starting Friday evening. The contest itself runs from noon local time
Saturday to noon Sunday. So if you’re in the area, check it out. Any of
the hams there will be happy to show you around and tell you a bit about
what’s going on. I should mention there is a big note on the information
I received: “We welcome all the Sheriff’s Deputies of Yavapai County.”

So if you want to come by and talk hamming or caching (or both!), please
do so. And if anyone wants to point me towards any special caches on my
route up, please feel free to do so.

Steve (N2BNB)

Team Tierra Buena


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