[AK-VHF] NET: Saturday 9am on 144.200 USB

[Edward R Cole]

At 10:29 PM 2/1/2013, Edward R Cole wrote:
>Being the first Saturday in February the net is held on 144.200 
>USB.  I will be running 150w with four ten-element yagis (centered 
>52-feet above ground) with super-low NF preamps.
>
>73, Ed - KL7UW

Nice turnout:
NL7OW  S9+10  single 10-dB beam +100w  (two 13B2's planned)
KL7XJ S9+20  single fixed 8-element beam + 100w (two 8-elem planned)
KL4E S9+10
WL7AU S9+10
KL6M S9+20
KL7UW four 13-dB beams + 150w  (addition of two 11-elem KLM beams at 
45-foot level of tower#2 this summer for FM using MSP 144VDG-160 
switched preamp)

Apparently a tropo enhancement was present with higher than normal 
signals being reported by all.  Everyone was about +10 dB of normal 
at KL7UW.  I noted a thin wispy layer of thin clouds about 2000 AGL 
overhead which might indicate an inversion layer.  Very high cumulous 
were visible in partly sunny sky.  Temp= +32F and 10mph NE breeze.

NEXT week the net will meet on 146.52 FM simplex where I run 100w.

73, Ed - KL7UW, BP40iq