Harry I don't remember since it was back in 1979 and when I worked him I was
using the altoona repeater. 73- pat kk3f
----- Original Message -----
From: "Harry Brown" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 2:54 PM
Subject: Re: It's Sporadic E time, Folks!
> Hi Pat,
> Do you remember where the station was in Michigan?
> For, who knows, about 10 years now, maybe more, here in Michigan, we =
> have a linked repeater system, using the call sign of w8hvg. People call =
> it the link system. There are who knows how many repeaters on it, all =
> over Michigan, and it's on 147.150.
> It also could have been the arrow link system, on 147.150.
> That system goes all along I94, from Detroit to the border with Indiana. =
> Other than that, I can't remember what else was on 147.150 in Mi., in =
> 1979.
> However, I'll tell ya another story about the opposit thing that =
> happened. In 1977, it was a Saturday morning, and it was in I think, the =
> spring, and I had one of those allband radios with AM, fm, ham band, =
> weather band, airplanes, etc.
> I was listening on the Clarkston repeater, 146.25.85, wich is now on =
> 146.24.84. I'm listening to a QSO between 2 local hams, and all the =
> sudden, I hear this, "break from w3VA."
> "W3VA, go ahead, from w8MNL, and my name is Chuck and I'm in Clarkston, =
> Michigan, between Pontiac and Flint."
> "W8MNL, this is w3VA, and I'm in Valley Forge, Pensylvania."
> Pat, it blew my mind, never heard a band opening before that, in my =
> life, I didn't even know that kind of communication was possible!
> Trippy, ac8s
> ----- Original Message -----=20
> From: PATRICK GORMLEY=20
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2012 6:10 PM
> Subject: Re: It's Sporadic E time, Folks!
>
>
> the altoona repeater is 147.15 I believe the pl is 123. =20
> ----- Original Message -----=20
> From: "Harry Brown" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2012 4:19 PM
> Subject: Re: It's Sporadic E time, Folks!
>
>
> > Hi there,
> > What was the frequency of the Altoona repeater?
> > Trippy, ac8s
> > ----- Original Message -----=3D20
> > From: PATRICK GORMLEY=3D20
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 7:56 PM
> > Subject: Re: It's Sporadic E time, Folks!
> >=20
> >=20
> > Back in 1974, I was tuning around the fm band and heard Tulsa =
> Oklahoma =3D
> >=20
> > Galveston Texas and port arthur texas. When I got my ham ticket, =
> =3D
> > perhaps=3D20
> > the wildest sporadic e I heard was when weather for St. Louis, =
> Kansas =3D
> > City=3D20
> > and Galveston Texas came in and I was able to work stations on 52 =
> =3D
> > simplex=3D20
> > from the d.c. are with an omni at 70 feet in Little Rock, St. =
> Louis, =3D
> > Kansas=3D20
> > CIty, Galveston and Port Arthur Texas and juarez mexico. Back in =
> 1979 =3D
> > we=3D20
> > had band openings associated with Huricanes Frederick and David =3D
> > allowing me=3D20
> > to work a fellow running a 1-watt handitalkie going into =
> Metropolitan=3D20
> > Airport in Detroit via the altoona repeater all from Deale Maryland =
> =3D
> > about 20=3D20
> > miles south of Annapolis.
> > ----- Original Message -----=3D20
> > From: "Steve" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 6:51 PM
> > Subject: Re: It's Sporadic E time, Folks!
> >=20
> >=20
> > > Yeah, I enjoy that also. Back in 1978 I think it was, the =
> sporadic =3D
> > E was=3D20
> > > so
> > > good that there were Florida stations on our Central Michigan =3D
> > repeater. I
> > > listened to a couple Florida stations on FM broadcast band, and =
> the =3D
> > weird
> > > thing was, when the ionization level started to disintegrate, it =
> =3D
> > did so=3D20
> > > at
> > > a pretty rapid pace, but it was still slow enough that I caught =
> some
> > > Virginia FM stations as the skip completely disappeared.
> > >
> > > Steve, K8SP
> > > ----- Original Message -----=3D20
> > > From: "Gary Ketler" <[log in to unmask]>
> > > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 5:53 PM
> > > Subject: Re: It's Sporadic E time, Folks!
> > >
> > >
> > >>I liked to do FM broadcast dx. I haven't had any sporadic E =3D
> > openings in a
> > >> few years now.
> > >
> >
>
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