[50mhz] Bad contest conditions on 6m

[cboone at earthlink.net]

KPRC is not any more powerful than any other TV2....it runs 100kw video and 25kw audio which is what most TV2s runs (Max ERP). Ive been in the Missouri City tower farm and on the original 2 tower; the shorty out there now at 1400ft as well as a couple of the 2000ft ones. My Midland SyntechII gets noisy on some 53 MHz channels but not too bad when I get close to a TV2 tower.

There is only one (is there a second???) open 6m rptr in Houston....it does not run Noise Blanker and the one I know of is at 200ft tops....hence the poor coverage (It uses a single ground plane with no gain)

I plan to be putting a new 6mtr rptr on in the Spring/Conroe area shortly. Split site with a voter eventually with multiple rx sites; it will be ~300ft on the tx side...but with a 6db gain antenna)

Chris
WB5ITT
Currently EL39 but moving to EM20

-----Original Message-----
>From: Howard Bingham <howardb at hal-pc.org>
>Sent: Jun 12, 2007 3:17 AM
>To: 50mhz at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: Re: [50mhz] Bad contest conditions on 6m
>
>My QTH is about 5 miles from a very powerful Ch 2 
>station..  www.click2Houston.com
>
>So bad that FM 6m repeaters on the opposite side of my location in 
>Houston, Tx. EL29 are difficult at best to reach, but at some times 
>between midnight & 5 a.m., conditions are not too bad..
>
>Last year's ARRL Field Day, some clubs in Houston could barely make 
>SSB contacts within a 50 mile radius..
>
>Never mind an operator in Colorado that was sending CQ's in an 
>endless format that barely allowed answering..
>
>Who knows, maybe this year will be better, one Houston club I belong 
>to is dedicating 1 radio to 6 meters (all modes)..
>
>Howard Bingham
>KE5APJ  -  EL29gq
>