Colin:
I'm hoping to catch some sporatic e., at least in mid to late May. But, of
course, all of that remains to be seen.
Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Colin McDonald
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2015 11:42 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: 10-meter Repeaters again
well don't expect too much in the summer as 10M tends to get pretty dead in
the summer months.
It seems that optimum season for 10 is october through june, at least in my
part of the world.
73
Colin, V A6BKX
-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Behler
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2015 9:36 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: 10-meter Repeaters again
Colin:
This is extremely helpful, and I really appreciate the info.
10 meter repeaters will be something interesting to try in the summer time
once my school teaching year is over.
Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Colin McDonald
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2015 11:34 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: 10-meter Repeaters again
Hey Tom and all:
It's actually pretty simple...simply program in the 6 FM frequencies you
will be using, that would be:
29.5 FM simplex
29.6 FM simplex
29.62 FM -100K input
and through to 29.68 -100K
You will find that the repeater frequencies like 29.62 and 29.64 have
multiple machines coming in at the same time and you'll find you will be
able to key multiple machines at the same time. The trick is being able to
pick out the machine you want to hear and grabbing the CW or voice ID from
it. SO compiling a big list of repeaters is kind of pointless when you
never really know which machine your going to be getting into on a
particular day based on propigation etc. It's not like 2M or 70CM where you
will only hear one repeater in your area on a particular frequency
pair...with propigation covering half or more of the world during the day,
you'll hear a bunch on the same frequency.
few of the 10M repeaters use tone on their inputs, so it's almost not worth
scouring through to find what tones they claim are used with those
repeaters.
If you do want to use a machine that has tone on the input, I think it's
probably better just to turn the tone on your tx when you want to access
that particular machine instead of programming each machine
separately...since there are only 4 repeater pairs anyway.
A vertical antenna on 10, especially 10M FM seems to do better than a
typical dipole config.
Also, set your FM audio level as high as you can. There are so many guys
who try to go low on their FM audio and with noise and multiple carriers
clattering around, you won't be heard with low audio.
73
Colin, V A6BKX
From: Tom Behler
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2015 9:04 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: 10-meter Repeaters again
Hi, all.
I'm trying to compile the info on 10-meter repeaters that has been shared
recently into a single set of notes, since I may venture into that aspect of
things when I get time here, but I'm missing the info for Bob's repeater in
the Des Moines, Iowa area.
Can someone pass that along again?
Also, if someone has a list of the most easily-accessible 10-meter repeaters
from here in North America, that would also be appreciated.
Thanks!
Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
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