[450] Monitoring looking north 450FM

Sat Jan 24 21:43:19 UTC 2015

Im in yeah you can call a shack, my bedroom heh I'll go to 450 if your
around

On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 3:09 PM, Bob <n1ujs at toast.net> wrote:

> Are you on today?  In the shack.......
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 7:14 PM, David Garcia <wb2rxf at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I had the cushcraft 13B2 back 15 years ago, and really enjoyed it, but
>> the M2 is really something else. After about just a year I had to take down
>> the 13B2, as the landlord thought it to be to big and a liability, his
>> words were, you can have antennas, just not so large, although the straps
>> hold to this day, and are the very ones in use with the 2m7 and 420-11-50
>> 70cm. I would've gone with the 2M9 14Foot Boom, but I didn't wanna rock the
>> boat. About the cw, its nice to use it, to home in and from what I
>> regularly see, its used for 2m weak signals to lock into someones signal. I
>> can still read about 10 wpm cw, but I wouldn't personally wouldn't use it
>> for conversation, with a straight key, there are just to many freeware apps
>> like WJST7 one can interface with a computer & keyboard these days. I'm
>> actually looking into high speed meteor scatter, which is a mode most can
>> use just about any day of the week for contacts all over the U.S on
>> 2meters, using high speed cw at 1800wpm burst. I'm still very much a novice
>> on this front, but I'm seriously gonna try it out. If you've heard this all
>> before, forgive me, I've been off the air for more than a decade so whats
>> old is new again to me.
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 12:34 PM, George Andrews <gandrews at ntplx.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I think M2 makes some of the best antennae. Certainly sounds like you
>>> 2M7 is working well for you! There is other good stuff, but I don’t think
>>> you can ever go wrong with M2. I have the 9 el on 14 feet which I decided
>>> to go with and I think it works well. I want to learn CW as it is a good
>>> weak signal tool and is good to use with a lot of noise. The ear can be
>>> trained very well to get the signal out of the noise with pretty good error
>>> correction. Digital modes are good, but I like voice the most.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I was using the preamp in the PA which is not as good as the ARR preamp
>>> I have. I just have to find it.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I would like to get an amp with about 400 to 600 W output, but that is
>>> competing with a full size 45 ACP perhaps with can. I have a subcompact 45
>>> ACP for EDC, but would like to add the FS for IDPA competition.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> George
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* 450-bounces at lists.vhfwiki.com [mailto:
>>> 450-bounces at lists.vhfwiki.com] *On Behalf Of *David Garcia
>>> *Sent:* Friday, January 23, 2015 11:31 AM
>>>
>>> *To:* 450 at lists.vhfwiki.com
>>> *Subject:* Re: [450] Monitoring looking north 450FM
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I also don't see an issue once a beam is in place either, I understand
>>> about the mountains, I have a good friend that lives in pike county
>>> Matamoras PA that I would like it like to be able to work regularly, but he
>>> has the highpoint state park mountain blocking him from my direction, so it
>>> doesn't make much sense to put 100watts or more into a mountain. I've
>>> typically worked into virginia & northern north carolina under flat
>>> conditions on ssb, before I had the amp in line & even had a gentlemen from
>>> Kentucky send me cw under the same flat conditions and I heard it fairly
>>> well, it was an s1 but it was readable. I'm surprised this 2m7 has turned
>>> out to be such a small gem.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 11:08 AM, George Andrews <gandrews at ntplx.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I think communication should be possible with the beam. RXF is 233
>>> miles, FSY 160 miles. I was able to go those distances on SSB. I don’t
>>> remember FM results. Bob and I communicated from his station to my mobile
>>> (with halo) well into NH. I think he was running over 400 W or more into an
>>> H frame. It is difficult getting out of this area  except for S/SW. There
>>> are mountains all around except for S/SW. I can’t reach the Mt. Washington
>>> repeater from mobile until I go about 25 miles S or N of my location.
>>> Although I am on a hill with some elevation, it is still on the side of a
>>> hill. I am on the west side of Pike Hill which I think is part of the
>>> problem.
>>>
>>>
>>> HF works well however. Have not tried 1.3 M (100 W, four el) or 33 cm
>>> (30 W 7 el) yet.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> George
>>>
>>> N1YAE
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* 450-bounces at lists.vhfwiki.com [mailto:
>>> 450-bounces at lists.vhfwiki.com] *On Behalf Of *K1FSY
>>> *Sent:* Friday, January 23, 2015 10:38 AM
>>>
>>>
>>> *To:* 450 at lists.vhfwiki.com
>>> *Subject:* Re: [450] Monitoring looking north 450FM
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> When George gets a beam up it will be doable in flat conditions I think.
>>>
>>> On 1/23/2015 10:29 AM, George Andrews wrote:
>>>
>>> K
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* 450-bounces at lists.vhfwiki.com [
>>> mailto:450-bounces at lists.vhfwiki.com <450-bounces at lists.vhfwiki.com>] *On
>>> Behalf Of *David Garcia
>>> *Sent:* Friday, January 23, 2015 10:22 AM
>>> *To:* 450 at lists.vhfwiki.com
>>> *Subject:* Re: [450] Monitoring looking north 450FM
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Ok np there will be better days :)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 10:13 AM, George Andrews <gandrews at ntplx.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> If I heard anything, it was at the noise floor.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* 450-bounces at lists.vhfwiki.com [mailto:
>>> 450-bounces at lists.vhfwiki.com] *On Behalf Of *George Andrews
>>> *Sent:* Friday, January 23, 2015 9:42 AM
>>> *To:* 450 at lists.vhfwiki.com
>>> *Subject:* Re: [450] Monitoring looking north 450FM
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Calling you and listening now.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* 450-bounces at lists.vhfwiki.com [
>>> mailto:450-bounces at lists.vhfwiki.com <450-bounces at lists.vhfwiki.com>] *On
>>> Behalf Of *David Garcia
>>> *Sent:* Friday, January 23, 2015 9:39 AM
>>> *To:* 450 at lists.vhfwiki.com
>>> *Subject:* Re: [450] Monitoring looking north 450FM
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> have the antenna now more NE I forget your in NH sorry
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 9:25 AM, George Andrews <gandrews at ntplx.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Called you several times, now listening. Thought I might have heard
>>> something right at the noise floor.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> George
>>>
>>> N1YAE
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* 450-bounces at lists.vhfwiki.com [mailto:
>>> 450-bounces at lists.vhfwiki.com] *On Behalf Of *David Garcia
>>> *Sent:* Friday, January 23, 2015 8:58 AM
>>> *To:* 450 at lists.vhfwiki.com
>>> *Subject:* [450] Monitoring looking north 450FM
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> For a few.
>>>
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