Wow, what a lot of trafic! I have a question about band openings. Can they
happen on any frequency, including the fm 80 - 107 bands? I rember hearing
roxi radio, which was in budapest, in Satoraljaujhely, which was 200 miles
away. Why was this?

regards:
Tomi
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Kwan" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 6:31 PM
Subject: Re: recent openings in the midwest


> Well hear in Toronto repeater 70/80 miles away that are usually quite
> noisy
> are full quieting tonight. It's kind of cool when you bring up one
> repeater
> and there's several other ones underneath. I'm also hearing people on the
> input that usually never make it. I wonder if vhf sideband is open. Too
> bad
> I haven't any equipment to find out. Oh well!
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 9:22 PM
> Subject: Re: recent openings in the midwest
>
>
> what sort of long distance contacts on 2M?
> is that simplex or repeater contacts?
> I have been playing around with different distant repeaters for the past
> four days or so now that i have a programmable radio.
> The farthest repeater i am able to fairly consistantly key in the later
> evening is around 120 kilometers away.  Guess thats about 75/80 miles or
> something....not quite sure...but that particular repeater isn't
> considered
> long range....i can key a repeater 136 kilometers away on 10 watts...its a
> long range repeater on a high hill.
> As far as simplex, i have been copied using 50 watts in the neighborhood
> of
> 70 kilometers away by a mobile in motion....sort of rough country in that
> direction so i would imagine in other directions i could go a little
> further. think thats 45 miles.
> One other repeater that i think is probably around 100 or 110 kilometers
> away i can very easily key with 5 watts in the evening.
>
> antenna is a tram 1480 dual bander at 22 feet...of course these are all on
> VHF, i have not had the opportunity to try UHF yet.
> Are these findings fairly normal? i am in a fairly geographically flat
> area
> with repeaters tending to be set up on hill tops well above the main level
> of the land.
> I think the hill tops make a rather huge difference since there is a
> popular
> repeater i use about 45 miles away that i can get into with just a low
> static level on the carier using 5 watts...im pretty sure that is due to
> the
> fact that it is on a hill with about a 100 mile foot print in all
> directions.
> Flat land is great for 2M.
> 73
> Colin, V A6BKX
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 6:23 PM
> Subject: recent openings in the midwest
>
>
>> Hi everyone, how have the band openings been in other areas of the
>> country?  Over field day weekend they were great, and I am referring to
>> the tropo ones that we have experienced in Michigan and Ohio.  Though I
>> didn't get to participate in field day type things because of other
>> comittments this weekend I did manage some long distance contacts with
>> 2-meters!
>>
>