the east end of canada must be having some good conditions...we are having
rather poor conditions this evening...a station usually able to check in
from about 100 miles away to the regular tuesday night net was barely able
to keep the repeater held tonight.
I am also having no success with the medium range repeaters either...so i
guess things are in the mud tonight.
73
Colin, VA6BKX
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Kwan" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 7:31 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!
> >
>