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Bruce Draper <bruceaa5b@...>
Here's a photo from my DM63 operation on Wednesday morning. Worked W9RM on MSK144 for his last NM grid, along with about 15 other guys, plus 2 more on FT8.
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Keith Morehouse
Bruce, you had good, consistent scatter pings whenever you were pointed my direction. Real good for 300-350 miles. Thanks for going out and for the last DM-field grid. -W9RM Keith Morehouse via MotoG On Wed, Jan 15, 2020, 10:48 AM Bruce Draper <bruceaa5b@...> wrote: Here's a photo from my DM63 operation on Wednesday morning. Worked W9RM on MSK144 for his last NM grid, along with about 15 other guys, plus 2 more on FT8. |
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Mike WB2FKO
Congratulations, I imagine you are getting close to FFMA? Mike WB2FKO On 1/15/20 12:52 PM, Keith Morehouse
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Michael Daly
Bruce,
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That's a lot of weight on the trailer hitch. Good going. Mike, n5sj -----Original Message-----
From: main@nmvhf.groups.io [mailto:main@nmvhf.groups.io] On Behalf Of Bruce Draper Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2020 10:48 AM To: nmvhf@groups.io Subject: [nmvhf] from DM63 Here's a photo from my DM63 operation on Wednesday morning. Worked W9RM on MSK144 for his last NM grid, along with about 15 other guys, plus 2 more on FT8. Bruce AA5B |
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Bill
Well done guys!
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On Jan 15, 2020, at 10:52 AM, Keith Morehouse <w9rm@...> wrote:
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James Duffey
Nice work Bruce. Can you give us details on your best DX?
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James Duffey KK6MC Cedar Crest NM On Jan 15, 2020, at 10:48, Bruce Draper <bruceaa5b@...> wrote: |
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Bruce Draper <bruceaa5b@...>
>> Can you give us details on your best DX? Looks like EM48, St Louis area, >800 miles. |
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Keith Morehouse
K2DRH in EN41 was also calling Bruce, but was running very low power due to antenna icing. That's probably close to 1000 miles. Nice job from a portable setup. I was watching PSKREPORTER while Bruce was CQing and he was getting reported as far away as Alabama. -W9RM Keith Morehouse via MotoG On Thu, Jan 16, 2020, 10:13 AM Bruce Draper <bruceaa5b@...> wrote:
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James Duffey
1119 miles according to this:
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1800 kM, not too far from the maximum meteor scatter distance of about 2000kM. Very good for your relatively simple setup. - Duffey James Duffey KK6MC Cedar Crest NM On Jan 16, 2020, at 10:23, Keith Morehouse <w9rm@...> wrote:
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Steve N2IC
Was there also some Es happening ?
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73, Steve, N2IC On 01/16/2020 10:22 AM, Keith Morehouse wrote:
K2DRH in EN41 was also calling Bruce, but was running very low power due to antenna icing. That's probably close to 1000 miles. Nice job from a portable setup. |
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James Duffey
Don’t know about Es yesterday morning, but most of the meteor ionization is at the same altitude as the E layer, so the distances involved would be about the same.
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There is some evidence, although far from conclusive, and lots of conjecture, that the ions in the E layer contributing to Es are the result of meteors. - Duffey James Duffey KK6MC Cedar Crest NM On Jan 16, 2020, at 10:51, Steve London <n2ic@...> wrote: |
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Keith Morehouse
...a LOT of evidence. And no, there was no reported sporadic E. I talked to 'DRH later in the day and he verified it was meteors. 1100 miles is at the high end of what I consider the M/S 'sweet spot' distance of 900-1100 miles, where two decently equipped station can make contact pretty much 12-18 hours a day. This is the same distance where two WELL equipped stations (running KW into 4-5+ elements) can connect on ionoscatter during most of the day. If you're persistent on 6, you don't need no steekin' Es... The practical limit for M/S is somewhere between 1300-1500 miles, same as Es - this is single "hop", of course. You may note that the 2M M/S record is MUCH farther then that, which has had many people, me included, sceptical for years. But, that's a conversation for another time. -W9RM Keith Morehouse via MotoG On Thu, Jan 16, 2020, 11:14 AM James Duffey <JamesDuffey@...> wrote: Don’t know about Es yesterday morning, but most of the meteor ionization is at the same altitude as the E layer, so the distances involved would be about the same. |
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Tom N7GP
Well put!!!!
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Tom N7GP 73 Tom From: "Keith Morehouse" <w9rm@...>
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Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 11:49:29 -0700 To: <main@nmvhf.groups.io> ReplyTo: main@nmvhf.groups.io
Subject: Re: [nmvhf] from DM63 ...a LOT of evidence. And no, there was no reported sporadic E. I talked to 'DRH later in the day and he verified it was meteors. 1100 miles is at the high end of what I consider the M/S 'sweet spot' distance of 900-1100 miles, where two decently equipped station can make contact pretty much 12-18 hours a day. This is the same distance where two WELL equipped stations (running KW into 4-5+ elements) can connect on ionoscatter during most of the day. If you're persistent on 6, you don't need no steekin' Es... The practical limit for M/S is somewhere between 1300-1500 miles, same as Es - this is single "hop", of course. You may note that the 2M M/S record is MUCH farther then that, which has had many people, me included, sceptical for years. But, that's a conversation for another time. -W9RM Keith Morehouse via MotoG On Thu, Jan 16, 2020, 11:14 AM James Duffey <JamesDuffey@...> wrote: Don’t know about Es yesterday morning, but most of the meteor ionization is at the same altitude as the E layer, so the distances involved would be about the same. |
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