can get in that repeater from Sidney Ny, sometimes.  When I get my 
tower up, I will hopefully  hit it better.  The hex is only up about 
20 feet now, when the tower is up, it should be about 60 feet up.
Mike
KD2CDUAt 11:25 AM 10/22/2014, you wrote:
>ah yes, the 1500 watt monster out of the catskills.
>it's usually 40 over S9 during the day here.
>
>73
>Colin, V A6BKX
>--------------------------------------------------
>From: "Jim Gammon" <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 11:40 PM
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: VGS1 Now Installed, Receiver Souunds Very Good
>
> > Fine business Mike.  Would be interested in your menu settings
> > when you get everything tweaked.  BTW, I heard the KQ2H repeater
> > in New York on 29.62 today and somehow got the input and output
> > programmed into a memory in time to work Sao Palo Brazil via the
> > repeater around 13:30 local time here.  73, Jim WA6EKS
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Mike Duke, K5XU" <[log in to unmask]
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Date sent: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 22:22:05 -0400
> > Subject: VGS1 Now Installed, Receiver Souunds Very Good
> >
> > No contacts yet, but everything is talking, and the receiver is
> > sounding very good using only the default settings.
> >
> > I will start tweaking the menus tomorrow.
> >
> > --
> > Mike Duke, K5XU