Bill - Holy crap that is a killer array! I sent an itinerary earlier, but I guess it didn’t make it? Here it is again: KK6MC/r itinerary ARRL Sept VHF Contest Grid Time on Time

I won't be operating the VHF contest this weekend instead I'm on Prince Edward Island operating the All European contest

I have a Kenwood TS-2000 barefoot and can run: 50 MHz 100W 7 el at 30 feet 144 MHz 100W 18 el at 38 feet That is quite capable. Arne N7KA

Guys, Just erected the 4x9 eme array which I'll use for tropo(n) with the antennas pointing to horizon. So that's added to the limited capability here. So 6, 2, 10 G and 24 G. GL es have

I do. Until 6 years ago, I was able to take advantage of it. I recall a bad cold wave around Thanksgiving one year, when the Great Lakes were still warm and ice free. A duct set up over the lakes

Yes, tropoducting is almost unheard of in the Southwest. Of course, we don’t get the tropical storms either. James Duffey KK6MC Cedar Crest NM

Last week, there were several -days- of 2 meter propagation between Mississippi and Ontario/Western NY, to the west of Dorian. Eat your heart out. 73, Steve, N2IC

Sorry, no.

A random observation... There is troposcatter and then there is tropospheric ducting, which is what most VHF+ ops from east of the continental divide (and some west coasters) are familiar with, when

Steve - Are you going to be on 2M this weekend? - Duffey James Duffey KK6MC Cedar Crest NM

I was referring to the Olathe-Amarillo path. Tropo losses rise steeply beyond 300 miles. Six and two are not too different with respect to the plot below. Meteor scatter starts to overcome tropo at

Albuquerque-to-Amarillo: 269 miles. Once you get over the Sandia's, it's a mostly downhill-to-flat path. Olathe-to-Amarillo: 410 miles. For reference, My QTH in DM52XT to Santa Fe is 240 miles. Can

KD - Look for KK6MC/r on meteor scatter Sunday morning. - Duffey James Duffey KK6MC Cedar Crest NM

I hope we are able to make the contact Arne, and if anyone else needs my grid, please contact me. I am usually available on Slack, ON4KST, NMVHF chat and Ping Central. BTW, I am fairly new to 6M and

I would think that FT4 would be better than FT8 with respect to meteor scatter. The time interval is half, so the odds of a meteor ping are halved too I think. James Duffey KK6MC Cedar Crest NM

Steve - I think he is talking between Amarillo and Olathe. That is pretty long for Troposcatter. James Duffey KK6MC Cedar Crest NM

Arne, I saw you calling him yesterday on FT8 but never did get a decode from him. I did get a couple decodes today on MSK144 of him calling you. Jim KC7QY

To All ,,Does anyone have Jonesy Cell number or any contact info for him,, Thanks, And Hope to work Many of you this weekend!! Thanks Tom N7GP eX WA8WZG

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FT8 officially sucks as a mode when there is meteor scatter mixed in. Just a single big ping of scatter within FT8's 15 sec receive window will likely prevent a decode on a weak signal. I suspect FT4