[450] Monitoring looking north 450FM

Sat Jan 24 22:13:04 UTC 2015

Damn.  It's dark now...neighbor turns something on that kills me after
dak....well into the red on S-meter when pointed your way.
Still, I will try.  We can try 432 as well, no noise there.
Contest on though, so will have to go up band a bit.
Give me a minute to point......

On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 4:43 PM, David Garcia <wb2rxf at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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