[60-Meters] 60-Meter QSO this morning

Wed May 24 21:21:54 EDT 2017

I will be away until Friday afternoon I think... if that changes I can let you know.
Yes, A JT65 contact would certainly be most welcome and we could also try SSB.

Best regards - Bry Carling, AF4K

Tel: 321-262-5471

On May 24, 2017, at 8:57 PM, Mike Olbrisch <mike-2007 at elp.rr.com<mailto:mike-2007 at elp.rr.com>> wrote:

Howdy Bry.

Well, JT65 would work well, because I can do it in a couple of mouse clicks.
While good for collecting states & countries, it isn't much of a QSO mode.
PSK-31 would be more chatty, but also more difficult for me.  I can type
some, but I tire easily.  CW would be nearly impossible.  SSB would be the
easiest, as I have a foot switch for that.  Not very skilled at QLF here.

I am right handed.  My right arm is presently in a soft cast after a mishap
on the Fort Bliss Rifle Range.  This soft cast goes right down over the
first knuckles, and across the palm, with very little flexibility at the
wrist (the whole idea is to immobilize the tendons, there is a big gel-pad
at the elbow).  Perhaps an iambic paddle, if I slap it around.  But I am
probably too clumsy for the finely tuned Vibroplex.  And totally forget a
straight key.

This is going to make my trip to Germany in two weeks most interesting.  I
have to change trains in Wurzburg Hochfeld, right where the terrorist axe
attack happened.  It isn't my first rodeo, but I have never been this non-op
before either.

Off and on I have spotted my friend and hiking buddy DJ9MH on 60m-JT65.  I
have not connected with him yet, and as the days get longer it has become
increasingly difficult.  But OTOH I will be hiking with him on 9 June when
we climb Totnasberg for a joint SOTA activation.  He will do CW, I will do
SSB.  Then we will hike down and across the valley to the next summit where
the wives and other friends will be waiting to party at the gasthaus @
Kissinger Hutte.

the antenna I carry over will work 60m, and I may give it a try over there
too.  But a 5-watt FT-817 isn't likely to cross the Atlantic.... so don't
get up early trying to catch me!  I love V/UHF SSB over there, so likely
several hours will be spent on the mother-in-laws balcony overlooking the
city of Schweinfurt calling CQ on 144.200 or so.

I am about to throw on the backpack radio and go for a walk while on 6m-SSB.
There is a net tonight, and the NCS will be on my side of the mountains.  So
I'll be heard well with 10 watts on a backpack radio.

Perhaps tomorrow I can get the home station on 60m while I work around the
shack.

Vy73 - Mike - KD5KC.
El Paso, Texas - DM61rt.
SOTA W5T-Texas Association Manager.
NA-SOTA info is at:  http://na-sota.org/

-----Original Message-----
From: 60-Meters [mailto:60-meters-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bry
Carling
Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2017 17:46
To: A new concept in channelized SSB
Subject: Re: [60-Meters] 60-Meter QSO this morning

Great Mike! How about a sked this weekend? Any mode you like ...

Best regards - Bry Carling, AF4K

On May 24, 2017, at 7:37 PM, Mike Olbrisch
<mike-2007 at elp.rr.com<mailto:mike-2007 at elp.rr.com><mailto:mike-2007 at elp.rr.com>> wrote:

Not exactly, there are two of us here.

Vy73 -- Mike -- KD5KC.

-----Original Message-----
From: 60-Meters [mailto:60-meters-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bry
Carling
Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2017 17:28
To: A new concept in channelized SSB
Subject: Re: [60-Meters] 60-Meter QSO this morning

Pity... looks like this group is dead!

Best regards - Bry Carling, AF4K

Tel: 321-262-5471

On Oct 26, 2016, at 5:37 PM, Bry Carling
<af4k at hotmail.com<mailto:af4k at hotmail.com><mailto:af4k at hotmail.com><mailto:af4k at hotmail.com>> wrote:

Would anyone like to try a CW or JT65 contract with me on 60m?

de AF4K, Bry
Sanford, Florida USA

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Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2016 08:17:46 -0400
Subject: [60-Meters] 60-Meter QSO this morning

Hi everyone. I had a nice chat with W4VAB this morning on 5348 kHz CW.

I am glad 60 meters is more than just an SSB band. Nothing against voice
contacts at all.

Also interesting that it will not be channelized much longer.

I wonder how we will make out with 15 watts e.r.p. ? (or is it 25w, I
forget...)

My antenna doesn't have much gain anyway so I need to calculate the losses
of a mis-mached antenna with negative gain to figure up how much powre I can
run, considering transmisison line losses etc. etc.

Has there been any discussion here about th enew restructions that will be
coming when we go to a non-channelized band at 60m?

73 de AF4K, Bry

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