Our very own Dave Marshall, AB3I, will be on the air on Friday, March 20th, 2009, looking to make contact with fellow hams -- 4hv.org hams in particular. The great news is that he'll be aeronautical mobile from a military aircraft, meaning he'll have a huge height advantage. He'll be over the southeastern US from approximately 0930 EDT to 1200 EDT (1330z to 1600z), operating at 14.240MHz, perhaps moving up or down a bit to minimize interference.

Edit: If 20m is completely dead, Dave will move down to 40m, 7.175Mhz, up or down for QRM.

He should have a great signal just about anywhere with active 20m propagation. Anyone who'd like to contact him is encouraged to give it a try; it will be great fun, and a rare opportunity to work an aeronautical mobile station on HF. If you can't bust through the pileup, do not despair. He will call for 4hv.org members specifically from time to time.

If you're looking for him, be patient, as he does have a job to do that may take him away from the radio here and there. Just be patient; he should be pretty hard to miss once he's on the air.

Discussion will be on this thread: . Please direct any questions there.