east of the rockies. the rockies are the boarder of bc alberta.
73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 3:41 PM
Subject: Re: recent openings in the midwest
> Well, VHF works pretty well here in the summer time. You are west or east
> of the Rockies?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 2:13 PM
> Subject: Re: recent openings in the midwest
>
>
> >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!
> >> >>
> >>
>
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