[amsat-bb] Fwd: Urgent Golden Packet need in SW VA 21 July!

AMSAT ops?

We urgently need someone with a D700 or D710 to drive to the top of Apple Orchard (AO) Mountain near Roanoke and Lynchburg and Comers Rock near Wythville along I 81. See details:

http://aprs.org/hamtrails/AO.html http://aprs.org/hamtrails/comers-rock.html

Its for 4 hours from 11 to 1500 on Saturday to be a digipeater for the annual AT Golden Packet Event.

All the other 15 stations from Georgia to Canada along the Appalachian Trail are ready to go. Some operators are driving several hours to man those sites. We need to find two operators in SW VA to complete the chain.

We do both 1200 and 9600 baud operation and so a D710 or D700 is required (or D72 with amplifier.

Bob, WB4APR