[450] Monitoring looking north 450FM

Sat Jan 24 22:35:13 UTC 2015

432.450 im there but my antenna is off by a few inches I've noticed, give
me a count

On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 5:23 PM, Bob <n1ujs at toast.net> wrote:

> I heard you, but audio is low.  You keep keying with me.
>
> On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 5:20 PM, David Garcia <wb2rxf at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> really I heard nothing on 144.200 for 20 minutes earlier
>>  breaking my squelch here now.
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 5:19 PM, Bob <n1ujs at toast.net> wrote:
>>
>>> contest has been on all afternoon.
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 5:16 PM, David Garcia <wb2rxf at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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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