Subject: Re: PATC Cabins
From: Larry Cahoon (lejek@erols.com)
Date: Mon Dec 03 2001 - 18:21:41 EST
Ken et al, some of these would not qualify. Having hiked past the Doyle River cabin just this fall I can tell you I don't want to hike down the mountain to the cabin and then back up to activate the trail. A better choice there would be to stay at the Loft Mountain campground. The AT circles the campground. I did go looking for the trail from the campground and in at least the direction I headed off into the woods even that was not close enough to qualify. I would not mind seeing the rules changed so that all the campgrounds along Skyline Drive itself would automatically qualify. There likely would be others near the trail that could also fit in under the same set of rules. My own opinion is that the award is dead unless someone finds a way to create more activity. As someone said a six hour round trip for a dozen QSOs is just not worth the effort. For me I'd have to add to that any operating time. Ron is dead set against allowing contest QSOs but I would sure like contest QSOs from the trail or with someone on the trail to count. That in itself could generate a lot more activity. 73 de Larry............WD3P in MD http://www.qsl.net/wd3p/ At 11:39 AM 12/3/2001 -0500, Ken Newman wrote: > >From: CAGRAF@aol.com > >Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 22:49:25 EST > >Subject: PATC Cabins > >To: plascell@inmind.net, atrail@lehigh.edu, wb4yex@yahoo.com, N2CQ@arrl.net > >CC: tgraf@mindnet.org > > > > >I am the PATC Cabin Construction Chairman, formerly Cabin Maintenance > >Chairman, and I am a Ham. I do not belong to your group but would like to. > >The PATC cabins that would be of interest to you would be: Doyle River, SNP > >South District; Rock Spring, SNP Central District; Pocosin, SNP Central > >District; Range View, SNP North District; Highacre (PATC members only) > >Harpers Ferry WV; Milesburn, Michaux State Forest, PA; Michner, Michaux > >State Forest, PA; Hermitage, Michaux State Forest, PA. All of the above > >cabins except Highacre are available for rent to the general public. There > >are some requirements that have to be met such as filing a responsibility > >statement. For more information call (703) 242 - 0315 or (703) 242 - 0693 > >ext 17. There is also a cabins booklet which the club sells for a nominal > >fee which contains considerable information about all of the cabins. I > >would also be willing to answer questions about our cabins by emai! l at > >the above address. All of the above cabins are near the Appalachian Trail > >although a few may be beyond your limit. I don' t remember what the > >distance from the Trail could be and still be legal. All are certainly > >close enough that one could live in the cabin and put an antenna up near > >the Trail and operate in good weather or under a fly otherwise. > > > > Monday or Tuesday through the next weekend. > > > >I have equipment which I would be glad to contribute to the effort. I am a > >lousy CW operator but can do it in a pinch. My brother and I operate QRP > >all the time while we are backpacking. We use either a Wilderness SST with > >2 Watts out or a MFJ Cub and an inverted "V" > > > >Charlie Graf - WA3THA > > 72 de > Ken Newman - N2CQ == QRP CONTEST CALENDAR == > Woodbury, NJ http://www.njqrp.org/data/contesting.html > FM29jt > N2CQ@ARRL.NET > >
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