[450] Monitoring looking north 450FM

Sat Jan 24 22:16:53 UTC 2015

Don't quote me on this because utc still confuses me, but I thought I read
on arrl.net it starts at 1900utc which is 7pm, I'm having an anomoly as
well, pissing me off, when I turn on the amp now without the preamp my
noise level goes up to almost 20 over and when I switch on the preamp it
goes down to s8 or so with it off no noise at all.

On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 5:13 PM, Bob <n1ujs at toast.net> wrote:

> 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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