i am in alberta...north central alberta probably 400 miles north of the
montana boarder.
These findings arent really due to wide open conditions, but since we are so
flat up here we can usually talk quite a good distance in the evening or
when there is low cloud cover which helps to propigate the VHF signals.
Summer time is actually a pretty bad time for vhf conditions and i will have
to see how much better i can do during the colder months with heavier cloud
cover to help the signals.
Summer time conditions tend to be pretty speratic here so cant really nail
down any consistantly long distance repeaters yet.
73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 10:33 AM
Subject: Re: recent openings in the midwest


> Hi Collin, where are you?  I think that my repeater I used on Saturday
night
> may have been 80 or more miles.  I take it that the bands have been wide
> opened where you are then too?
> ----- 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!
> >>
>