[amsat-bb] VY0 outdoor operation?

[Ron VE8RT]

   There are a few reasons why I can't see handheld outdoor operation
working from Cambridge Bay, NU Temperatures:
https://www.timeanddate.com/weather/canada/cambridge-bay/climate
Average HIGH temperatures, WITHOUT windchill
Jan -29C   Feb -36C  Mar  -25C  Apr  -16C  May   -6C   Jun +6C
Jul +13C   Aug +10C  Sep  +3C   Oct  -7C   Nov   -18C  Dec -25C

I work outdoors on the airport ramp in winter, gloves won't work.
Maybe your Canada Goose parka will keep keep you warm, but your feet
will rapidly loose heat if you're not moving.  At what temperature does
the radio quit working?  At our winter temperatures many plastics will
shatter (been there, done that) like glass if stressed.

Over winter the sun sets on November 30th, it appears again on the
horizon the following year on January 11th

During the brief summer, biting insects are a problem throughout the
north
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/09/150915-Arctic-mosquito-warming-caribou-Greenland-climate-CO2/

OK, you're outside on warmer day, but cold enough so the bugs aren't a
problem, it can be done, but what about the rest of the year?

And even then, one person outdoors aiming an antenna, operating a
radio, and keeping a log (audio recording of the QSOs would work) from
a sought after grid, not having any previous experience, I think is at
a reasonable risk of being overwhelmed and discouraged.

   Ron VE8RT in Yellowknife where it's much nicer, mostly cloudy and
+1C at the moment.
-- 
Ron VE8RT <ve8rt at yknwt.ca>