Very sorry to find out about the passing of Bicycle Mobile Hams of
America (BMHA) founder Hartley Alley, NA0A. When our paths crossed
around 1990 he was one of the few people that understood what most of
us bicycle hams had been trying to do and I'll say he did everything
he could to support my endeavors and write up articles (many of
them!) about my bicycle sation in the BMHA Newsletters. We had many
phone conversations back then and whenever I had finished talking to
him on the phone I felt like I had gone to a ham radio mobile pep
rally! I certainly miss him very much.
In my personal near future, I'll be leaving on a solo bicycle trip
early Saturday morning, June 9th,
2001 from my home QTH in Milwaukee, WI heading west and going through
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, and Illinois. I'll be working
3.5
Mhz to 440 Mhz, 2.5 watts AM/FM/SSB/CW, using an FT-817, randomly,
throughout the trip. I should be on the road for about 16 days of
cycling and camping.
On 6m (my favorite band!) I'll be running 2.5 watts USB to a PRO-AM
fiberglass 6m whip. On 2m I'll be using a homebrew J-pole and on the
HF bands I'll be using my Hustler mobile whip with resonators.
Recent contacts on 6m from Wisconsin on the bicycle include N4HGZ in
Wilmington, NC just last week.
Here's a pretty simple WebTV webpage I have updated in the past week
or so
that has some photos, links, and info you might find useful:
I won't have too much time this week to respond to inquiries, but, I
will certainly try my best to answer all questions by the time I leave
Saturday morning.
73's
Elroy
Elroy Shelley, Jr.
WB9GIE/qrp/Bicycle Mobile
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
