[AK-VHF] AK-VHF NET: Mar 5 - 144.200 USB

[Brandon Clark]

Signals were good last night. Usually I can't pick up Ed on SSB, but I think all the fresh snow was suppressing noise sources. noise floor here was about S1, with your signal peaking to S3.

PSK31 was clearly better though. I could pick up both you and KL7ZK very strongly on that mode.

Something to think about is that using digital modes regularly might help expand the club's reach. Right now participation is largely limited to northern Kenai and Anchorage hillside ststions. I have small yagis two stories up in the air, and even that isn't enough to regularly get in on voice.

It's a lot to ask stations to put up EME class stations just to participate in voice nets and an occasional contest. Having more digital activity could help with that though - the software and CAT requirements wouldn't be a bar for the kinds of operators the club caters to. And more efficient modes would allow stations with limited antennas to join in. Something to think about.

Brandon

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-------- Original Message --------
On Mar 6, 2022, 20:47, Ed Cole wrote:

> Sunday 6m Net:
> KL7ZK - S9 (with his 20m yagi)
> KL7BSC - S6
>
> psk- 31 good three-way qso by all!
>
> 73, ED - KL7UW
>
> On 3/6/2022 7:46 PM, Ed Cole wrote:
>> NET starts in 15-minutes!!
>>
>>
>>>> The Sunday Night 6m SSB Net will be held on 50.125 at 8:00pm.
>>>>
>>>> I will switch to psk31 at 8:30 on 50.250. If you are
>>>> interested in trying psk31, FL-digi contains psk31 along'
>>>> with many other digital modes, like RTTY. It even has keyboard
>>>> CW for those having difficulty using keyers. It does not
>>>> decode CW.
>>>>
>>>> 73, Ed - KL7UW
>>
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