[AK-VHF] So close, yet so far

[Edward R Cole]

Paul,

Thanks for the promotion of meteor scatter (ms).  I've been trying to 
interest northern hams in this mode as a way to do some serious VHF 
DX.  One hop ms will reach out about 1300 miles which is northern 
Vancouver Is. for hams in south central AK (Anchorage/Kenai 
Pen./Mat-Su Valley).

Barrow, Nome, Kotzebue, Bethel, Fairbanks, Whitehorse and SE Alaska 
are all easily reached from Anchorage via ms

MS works best on 6m and one can do it with 100w and a small 
yagi.  Next is 2m which takes a little more antenna and power.  MS 
has been done up to 432 (with serious stations).  I worked Paul using 
KL7FF on Prince of Wales Island (CO35RQ - 760mi) on June 9, 2007 on 
2m with 150w running ms:
http://www.kl7uw.com/mslog.htm

I will have my dual-seven element yagi array up possibly by the 
weekend.  I have 1000w on 6m.  That is enough to do eme as well as 
ms.  Obviously will make a big presence in a 6m opening.  I have a 
four yagi array on 2m with 1200w (soon).

Just need stations to get on the air!

73, Ed - KL7UW

At 09:49 AM 11/27/2018, Paul Kiesel via ak-vhf wrote:
>Way to go, Brandon!
>
>You will get it done... and more. Identify what you
>need to concentrate your attention on. Hint:
>In remote areas and valleys, use meteor scatter
>by reflecting your signal off distant peaks.
>MSK144 mode in WSJTx is very effective in doing
>this. Of course you would have to have a computer
>along with you to use that mode and also the
>the stations you want to contact need to have it, too.
>FT8 is effective if you have continuous propagation
>but weak signals. MSK144 needs only very short
>pieces of signal to get information across. That's
>why it is effective for meteor scatter. Just a
>suggestion.
>
>Keep working at it.
>
>I moderate a Distance Scoreboard for members of the
>Pacific Northwest VHF Society whose member
>area includes Washington, Oregon, Idaho and
>British Columbia. We keep track of distance records
>within our area. You can get an idea of what is possible
>by studying the scoreboard. Look here:
>
>https://www.qsl.net/k7cw/pnwvhfs/distancescoreboard.html .
>
>Meteor scatter contacts can be made at distances as
>short as 200 miles or even less. Maybe you have
>already tried it.
>
>All the best,
>
>Paul, K7CW
>AVG Contest Guy
>--------------------------------------------
>On Mon, 11/26/18, Brandon Clark <kl7bsc at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  Subject: [AK-VHF] So close, yet so far
>  To: "AK VHF+ Group" <ak-vhf at mailman.qth.net>
>  Date: Monday, November 26, 2018, 10:02 PM
>
>  I finally got around to looking at my QST
>  magazine and saw that the June
>  VHF results are in. I looked up my call
>  and found I managed 550 points. Not
>  bad for my first time ever roving, and
>  especially in a place where "there's
>  no VHF activity up here".
>
>  The butt kicker though . . . If I had
>  only another 11 points I would have
>  made it into QST for the West Coast
>  Region. (Done that twice before
>  operating SOP.)
>
>  Eleven points! So close, and yet so
>  far, lol.
>
>  Brandon
>
>  Ps: Looking forward to the August
>  contest results. I was able to activate
>  another two grids in that contest, so I
>  think I did better than in June.
>  Fingers crossed.
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