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Bob,
Up at Lake Superior two years ago I watched a guy work 274 miles with a barefor transverter and a 20 dB horn on 10 GHz. Always worth a try. Sorry to hear you're locked up this weekend, but you'll have some fun. Good luck Bob.
Bill W7QQ
Things changed and I can no longer leave home this weekend (on call, stuff at work not behaving, etc). I will do what I can from DM65uv which is probably going to be limited to 2 and 6 meter bands.
At some point in the near future I want to scout out Clara Peak in DM66va. Descriptions online suggest it's an easy drive until the last 1/4 mile. We'll see!
Catch you guys this weekend.
-Bob
Hi guys,
I'd like to participate in the contest this weekend to do an equipment shakedown. I hear there are some locations that I can drive to and setup and make a few Qs, but really have no idea about where the preferred locations are or what's even close to me (I'm in Los Alamos).
The plan is to drag out the 6 meter hexbeam (folds up), small 2 meter beam (Arrow, handheld but probably will strap it down to a pole), 23cm (cheap yagi with 25W DEMI transverter), and 10GHz dish (DEMI transverter right into the feed, 10mW I think). I'd appreciate any recommendations that are not crazy far from home on where to setup.
Thanks, -Bob N3XKB
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redarlington
Things changed and I can no longer leave home this weekend (on call, stuff at work not behaving, etc). I will do what I can from DM65uv which is probably going to be limited to 2 and 6 meter bands.
At some point in the near future I want to scout out Clara Peak in DM66va. Descriptions online suggest it's an easy drive until the last 1/4 mile. We'll see!
Catch you guys this weekend.
-Bob
Hi guys,
I'd like to participate in the contest this weekend to do an equipment shakedown. I hear there are some locations that I can drive to and setup and make a few Qs, but really have no idea about where the preferred locations are or what's even close to me (I'm in Los Alamos).
The plan is to drag out the 6 meter hexbeam (folds up), small 2 meter beam (Arrow, handheld but probably will strap it down to a pole), 23cm (cheap yagi with 25W DEMI transverter), and 10GHz dish (DEMI transverter right into the feed, 10mW I think). I'd appreciate any recommendations that are not crazy far from home on where to setup.
Thanks, -Bob N3XKB
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redarlington
This sounds very reasonable. I was looking at Clara Peak in DM66 but was scared off by the language about the last stretch to the fire lookout.
Truchas Lookout it is.
Thanks Keith, and the rest. Especially for pointing out the reference I didn't know I already had (the website). -Bob N3XKB
On Mon, Jun 8, 2020 at 4:29 PM Keith Morehouse < w9rm@...> wrote: Bob, you could go right east across the valley to the Truchas overlook in DM76 and probably be the only guy active from that grid. I'd love to work you on 6 from there.
Site details are here:
-W9RM Keith Morehouse
via MotoG
On Mon, Jun 8, 2020, 4:19 PM Arne N7KA < N7KA@...> wrote:
Probably anywhere in DM66 to provide a needed multiplier to others.
Arne N7KA
Hi guys,
I'd like to participate in the contest this weekend to do an equipment shakedown. I hear there are some locations that I can drive to and setup and make a few Qs, but really have no idea about where the preferred locations are or what's even close to me (I'm in Los Alamos).
The plan is to drag out the 6 meter hexbeam (folds up), small 2 meter beam (Arrow, handheld but probably will strap it down to a pole), 23cm (cheap yagi with 25W DEMI transverter), and 10GHz dish (DEMI transverter right into the feed, 10mW I think). I'd appreciate any recommendations that are not crazy far from home on where to setup.
Thanks,
-Bob N3XKB
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Jonesy W3DHJ
On Mon, 8 Jun 2020, redarlington wrote: I'd like to participate in the contest this weekend to do an equipment
shakedown. I hear there are some locations that I can drive to and setup
and make a few Qs, but really have no idea about where the
preferred locations are or what's even close to me (I'm in Los Alamos).
The plan is to drag out the 6 meter hexbeam (folds up), small 2 meter beam
(Arrow, handheld but probably will strap it down to a pole), 23cm (cheap
yagi with 25W DEMI transverter), and 10GHz dish (DEMI transverter right
into the feed, 10mW I think). I'd appreciate any recommendations that are
not crazy far from home on where to setup.
Thanks,
-Bob N3XKB Bob, Start here: < http://www.nmvhf.org/reference.html> on the NM VHF web site. Poke around on the web site for some Really Good info < http://nmvhf.org/> I'll be posting my Rover plans later this evening. 73 Jonesy -- Marvin L Jones | W3DHJ | W3DHJ | https://W3DHJ.net/ Pueblo, Colorado | @ | Jonesy | __ linux FreeBSD 38.238N 104.547W | jonz.net | DM78rf | 73 SK
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Bob, you could go right east across the valley to the Truchas overlook in DM76 and probably be the only guy active from that grid. I'd love to work you on 6 from there.
Site details are here:
-W9RM Keith Morehouse
via MotoG
On Mon, Jun 8, 2020, 4:19 PM Arne N7KA < N7KA@...> wrote:
Probably anywhere in DM66 to provide a needed multiplier to others.
Arne N7KA
Hi guys,
I'd like to participate in the contest this weekend to do an equipment shakedown. I hear there are some locations that I can drive to and setup and make a few Qs, but really have no idea about where the preferred locations are or what's even close to me (I'm in Los Alamos).
The plan is to drag out the 6 meter hexbeam (folds up), small 2 meter beam (Arrow, handheld but probably will strap it down to a pole), 23cm (cheap yagi with 25W DEMI transverter), and 10GHz dish (DEMI transverter right into the feed, 10mW I think). I'd appreciate any recommendations that are not crazy far from home on where to setup.
Thanks,
-Bob N3XKB
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Probably anywhere in DM66 to provide a needed multiplier to others.
Arne N7KA
On 06/08/2020 3:06 PM redarlington <rdarlington@...> wrote:
Hi guys,
I'd like to participate in the contest this weekend to do an equipment shakedown. I hear there are some locations that I can drive to and setup and make a few Qs, but really have no idea about where the preferred locations are or what's even close to me (I'm in Los Alamos).
The plan is to drag out the 6 meter hexbeam (folds up), small 2 meter beam (Arrow, handheld but probably will strap it down to a pole), 23cm (cheap yagi with 25W DEMI transverter), and 10GHz dish (DEMI transverter right into the feed, 10mW I think). I'd appreciate any recommendations that are not crazy far from home on where to setup.
Thanks,
-Bob N3XKB
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redarlington
Hi guys,
I'd like to participate in the contest this weekend to do an equipment shakedown. I hear there are some locations that I can drive to and setup and make a few Qs, but really have no idea about where the preferred locations are or what's even close to me (I'm in Los Alamos).
The plan is to drag out the 6 meter hexbeam (folds up), small 2 meter beam (Arrow, handheld but probably will strap it down to a pole), 23cm (cheap yagi with 25W DEMI transverter), and 10GHz dish (DEMI transverter right into the feed, 10mW I think). I'd appreciate any recommendations that are not crazy far from home on where to setup.
Thanks, -Bob N3XKB
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