[AK-VHF] NET: 5 Sept. - 144.200 USB

[Edward R Cole]

Net Report:

144.200 USB:
transmitting on 2x KLM-11 yagis & receiving  using preamp on 4x M2 XP20 yagis:
KB7FXJ - S6 in S4 noise level - he had difficulty hearing me

Receiving with FT-736R:
KL6M - S0 marginal copy
KL4E - S1 copy
KL7XJ - S0 marginal copy

Switched to transmit/receive with 4x M2 XP20:
KL6M - S7 dropping to S5
KL4E - S9+ dropping to S7  - Craig reported my signals rose two 
s-units after going to the eme array

223.50 FM:
KL6M - marginal from his discone antenna
KL4E - difficult copy

Some factoids:
dual KLM-11 yagis are tuned for 146.5 MHz and mounted at 45-foot 
(above the 6m dual yagi eme array) gain = 18 dBi (per KLM)
four M2 XP20 are 10-element yagis tuned for 144.200 and mounted with 
center of the 12x12 foot array at 52 feet gain = 21.3 dBi (per M2)
I have an inline RF switched preamp (mgf-1302) for the KLM yagis 
which only seems to add gain with no improvement on FT-736R receiver 
sensitivity.
147.30 repeater is S9+ with dual KLM-11 yagis using the FT-736R; 
repeater keys up with 25w.

Treetops are about 48-foot above ground

73, Ed - KL7UW

At 07:27 PM 9/4/2020, Edward R Cole wrote:
>Net begins at 9:30 am on 144.200 USB.  I also monitor 223.50 FM.
>
>I will use the new dual 11-element KLM yagis for the net.  They 
>worked very well last week.
>I can switch to the four eme yagis if necessary.
>
>See you tomorrow!
>
>73, Ed - KL7UW
>   http://www.kl7uw.com
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73, Ed - KL7UW
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