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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It sure is strange. I heard scratching, but
no audible signal.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Nothing like I remember from horizontal at
the old station.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>How did my repeater results compare with
yours? </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
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<A title=gandrews@ntplx.net href="mailto:gandrews@ntplx.net">George
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, July 04, 2010 8:18 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [450] repeater report</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bob,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Switched to the four element beam, heard someone
comeback when I called you. Fickle band. It does not seem to do well in the
summer. Performance was definitely better in cooler wx Presently it seems much
more like 70 cm than 2 M. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It's the hairless lumpy head band!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>George</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, July 04, 2010 10:01
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Listening and hearing nothing...most
disappointing!!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, July 04, 2010 7:56
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yes, on at 8:58 for ten minutes</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I was on, but I had gone upstairs for a few
minutes.....are you coming back?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, July 04, 2010 6:14
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bob,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Are you on 223.500? I called a few times,
no response. Maybe I can't get from here to there on
223.500!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>George</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, July 04, 2010
7:59 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [450] repeater
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Just finished "kerchunking" every known
222 repeater pair, using every known PL.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>All done on the CX-333 @ 45' with no
amp, no preamp.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Here is the list of what I got and how
I got 'em.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>By the way, signal report will be
represented by "sB" (busy light, which is roughly 0-3 S-units best I
can figure), or numerically (s1-s5), based on my 5 segment
meter.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>223.78 Torrington,
CT
82.5
s5</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>223.80 Harriman,
NY
107.2
s5
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>223.82 Pamona,
NY
85.4 sB+
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>223.86 West Islip,
LI 110.9/156.7
sB </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>223.88 Milford,
CT 77 sB+
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>223.94 Manhattan, NYC
107.2
sB </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>224.02 Carmel,
NY
136
s5</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>224.10 Fairfield,
CT no
PL sB+ </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>224.12 Vernon,
CT
82.5
s3 </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>224.16 Bristol,
CT
77
s3 </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>224.22 Bristol,
CT
118.8
s5 </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>224.24 Fort Lee,
NJ
107.2
sB+ </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>224.32 Warren,
CT
77
s5 </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>224.36 Vernon,
CT
77
s2 </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>224.38 Orangetown, NY
114.8
sB</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>224.40 Valhalla,
NY
114.8
sB </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>224.50 West Haven, CT
77 sB </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>224.60 Vernon,
CT
123
s1 </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>224.68 Rocky Hill,
CT
123
s1</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>224.68 Yaphank,
LI
103.5
sB </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>224.70 Mahopac
NY no
PL
s4 </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>224.80 Meriden,
CT
77 s3 </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>224.80 Passaic,
NJ
141.3
s2 (this one is a KQ2H linked machine)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>224.82 Queens,
NYC no
PL
s1 </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>224.86 Farmingville,
LI
107.2
sB </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>224.88 Patterson,
NY no
PL
s2 </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>224.90 Rocky Point,
LI
123
s1</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>224.94 Avon,
CT
no PL
s2</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>224.96 Bridgeport,
CT
77 sB </FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There you have it for what it's
worth.</FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm not really impressed. Is
it the antenna? The band? Do people not put enough
effort into their 222 machines? </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hard to say.</FONT></DIV>
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