[AK-VHF] NET: 9 Jan. - 144.200 USB

[Brandon Clark]

Hi Ken,
I'm definitely interested in working you  but I suspect I will be out of
range. I was hoping to have a yagi for 6 M this time around, but the one I
ordered will not arrive in time.
If you are planning to do a rover route in June again let me know. If I can
make the time off work I may add a northerly section to my usual route for
some rover-to-rover contacts.

All,
For this Saturday I won't be doing a full route like usual. I have some
battery and antenna issues I am working on, so I will just do two grids.
My plan is to operate from the Anchorage hillside (BP51) and Point Woronzof
(BP41). Those two sites have the best access to south-central and can work
the most stations. I'll send out a timetable tonight.
I will be running my usual 2 M and 70 cm yagis (vertical polarization). I
will also be using a horizontal dipole for 6 meters. It doesn't provide
gain, but it gets up high on a mast, so should work pretty well from the
valley to the northern Kenai.
At each of the two grids I will start out on 6 M FT8, and then switch over
to 2 M FM voice. From 2 M I will QSY back and forth with whomever is in air
to work other bands.
Brandon

On Wed, Jan 13, 2021, 14:39 Ken K via ak-vhf <ak-vhf at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

>  The ARRL January VHF contest starts this Saturday at 10:00 local. I've
> been planning a 6-meter rover route that will take me through 5 grids,
> starting at BP75, and stopping in BP65, BP55, BP54, and ending in BP64. On
> recent roves, I've worked 6 m into Southcentral and as far down as BO49
> using FT-8, MSK144, and CW, without a sporadic E opening. If you're on FT-8
> with a yagi that can point north, this should be a good chance to pick up
> some grids north of the Alaska Range.
>
> If I go, I plan to do it all in 1 day, starting at 10 am, finishing up at
> 8 pm. I know its tough to sit in front of the radio all day on the weekend,
> but if you're interested in listening/calling for me for at least a few
> grid stops, let me know. If enough folks are interested, I'll send out a
> schedule here by Thursday night.
>
> Thanks for reading!
>
> 73,
> Ken NL7B
>      On Saturday, January 9, 2021, 01:45:52 PM AKST, Edward R Cole <
> kl7uw at acsalaska.net> wrote:
>
>  Net Report:
>
> I was a few minutes late:
> 144.200 USB, Noise=S3
> KL7H - S6
> KL3WF - S6
> KL0YO - S4 (difficult copy: better later)
> KL7CA - S4 (difficult copy)
> KL7JD - S9+20
> WL7AU - S3
>
> Tx: FT-736R + 120w + vertical antenna
> Rx: K3 + DEMI xvter + preamp + dual yagis
>
> 223.50 FM:
> KL7XJ - 2bars
> 224.94 Rptr - 2 bars
>
> BCM-220 (30w) + dual yagis
>
> On the 6m POTA session:
> 50.313 FT8, Noise S5:
> AL7JX- FT8 - R+11
> KL2N - FT8 - R-20
> KL7CA - FT8 - R-13
>
> K3 + KXPA100 (80w) + dual yagis
> preamp
>
> 50.125 USB:, Noise S5
> KL7H - S9
> KL3WF - S7
> KL7VHF - S9/S7 (dipole on Glenn Alps)
>
> Note: Next weekend at 10:00am begins the Jan. ARRL VHF Contest
> Net begins at 9:30am on 144.200 USB
>
> 73, Ed - KL7UW
>
>
> At 02:32 PM 1/8/2021, Edward R Cole wrote:
> >The net will begin a 9:30am on 144.200 USB.  I will also monitor 223.50 FM
> >
> >I will be running 120w to my vertical on 2m and 30w to two
> >11-element yagis on 223.50
> >
> >The net will end precisely at 10:30 for the start of POTA on 50.313
> >FT8 by Brandon at Chugach SP (Glenn Alps).  Brand will be running
> >the club call KL7VHF.
> >One FT8 contacts are completed Brandon will move to 50.125 SSB
> >
> >I run 80w to two 7-element LFA yagis (Hpol) on 6m
> >
> >73, Ed - KL7UW
> >  http://www.kl7uw.com
> >Dubus-NA Business mail:
> >  dubususa at gmail.com
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