[50mhz] my noises

[Chris Boone]

 Howard,
What floor is your apt? If upstairs, if you have a window you can run coax
out it while closed, you can always hide a dipole, etc in trees or
something...believe me, after living in a number of apts, it is possible ;)
Remember, a 2m 5/8wave works as a 1/4wave on 6....even though its not horiz,
it works during band openings ok...if worse comes to worse, try an antenna
inside for 6 (of course with TV2 in Houston, TVI is a possibility)...
50.125 IS the calling freq for stateside....always a good place to try first
thing...plus listening down in the beacon band allows you to know when the
band IS open...of course one day, the Quito, Equador beacon on 50.035,
10watts into a 0db gain antenna iirc, was BOOMING into Houston....and noone
was on the band :(

Chris
WB5ITT 
EL39 -- TS680 remotebase from the rptr site and FT857D mobile/home

> -----Original Message-----
> From: 50mhz-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
> [mailto:50mhz-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Howard Bingham
> Sent: Friday, December 08, 2006 6:50 PM
> To: FireBrick; 50mhz at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [50mhz] my noises
> 
> Wireles routers can be a headache..!
> 
> I live in an apartment & at least one of my neighbors has one 
> & causes background noise in 2 meter communications (I don't 
> use 6M in my apartment due to "no outdoor antenna" issues as 
> building owner doesn't want anything poking through his roof.).
> 
> I get by with 2m & 70cm with a stealth antenna (Usually only 
> late evenings to minimize TVI issues.), several times I have 
> keyed the 6M in my truck & set florescent parking lot lights 
> to flickering during the daytime hours as I drive through the 
> parking lot..  I usually drive to a nearby city park for 
> local 6M activity when the band is open, as that is pretty 
> far from power lines & other interference found in the city..
> 
> My best luck in SSB has been toward 50.165 (a bit lower & 
> upward of .165), as luck would have it, the Majic Band was 
> dead in EL29 during Field Day last June.. Neither club I 
> belong to had much luck in 6M & we were doing good to hit 
> other local stations with a M2 HO Loop at about 75 ft. above 
> ground level ( www.w5eco.org )..
> 
> Howard Bingham
> KE5APJ  -   EL29gq
> Mobile: Ranger RCI-5054dx-100  & Kenwood TM-G707A