the problem of course is that there are multiple repeaters on the same
frequency...so unless KQ2H is really really strong, other machines will come
in with it and make communication difficult at best...you can key up 2 or 3
repeaters at once sometimes and if one has a long hang time, you may miss
anyone coming back to you. KQ2H has a very long hang time on the repeater
tail, so that does help...but it gets awfully noisy on those frequencies.
29.66 is even worse with machines all over the US...from where I am, I often
hear the machine in texas, new york, georgia and illinois all at the same
time with people trying to use all 4.
29.6 FM simplex can be allot of fun...also listen on frequencies every 10KC
from 29.5 and up as well for simplex activity.
29.0 to 29.3 always has some AM activity going on when the band is
open...which can also be fun to operate.
73
Colin, V A6BKX
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From: "Mike Barnard" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, October 24, 2014 9:16 AM
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: VGS1 Now Installed, Receiver Souunds Very Good
> 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
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>>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
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