Hello all (bonjour?)
French is still not my language. I have so far encountered only one French roadblock in the travel plans in that the James Bay area tourism folks have outgoing messages only en Francais.
Anyway, last chances before I drive north. Any special "bush" frequencies anyone can think of for Northern Canada I might want to monitor? Here in the US I might monitor the 2m, 440 calling frequencies as well as air emergency frequencies etc. I know Alaska has their emergency freq but as of yet I have found nothing common to listen to on the drive to Radisson, Quebec. Any air emergency, Air Taxi/Shuttle freq for the trapping and hunting bases up that way? Any local authorities in the areas as far as Matagami on VHF or UHF perhaps? Sea planes, military transport, scientific research camps, fishing and hunting camps, all are fair game, if only I knew where to look for such frequencies.
I am taking a Dual band mobile, Kenwood TS-2000X for night time HF and my EME at 1296. I will be using a Yaesu VX-8 for APRS as far as Matagami I hope and possibly for spacecraft and shuttle APRS via digipeater for some possible position reporting. I hope to be on 40m or 80m skeds with some of the folks back home the few nights I am up there. I have a US banded CB and will leave that on CH19 unless the truckers up that way use something else? Anything else? I know it's probably overkill to take anything else as I will be listening to music and books on tape too off and on, and enjoying thew quiet of nature too.
Sean
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