[AK-VHF] AK-VHF Net - 10 Sept on 144.200 USB

[Ed Cole]

Net report:

144.200:
NL7OW - S0 (a little hard to copy; he does not have a 2m antenna)
KL3WF - S1 (after net) and S4 on 146.52 (better copy)

50.125: Noise=S4
NL7OW - S7 (on first antenna); S9 (on antenna pointed az=15; almost 
straight at me)

223:50
NR

Low activity with MARA Hamfest happening today.  I will try calling 9am+ 
tomorrow on 146.52/223.50/50.125 & 50.313 (also maybe 446.00 if antenna 
loads) for the contest.

73, Ed - KL7UW

On 9/9/2022 7:42 PM, Ed Cole wrote:
> 
> The net will begin at 9:30am on 144.200 USB and continues until 10:00am, 
> when the ARRL Sept. VHF Contest begins.
> 
> MARA Hamfest is also is being held tomorrow, so I do not expect a large 
> turnout for the net or the contest on Saturday.
> 
> I probably will only briefly call on 2m and 223.50 for the contest on 
> Saturday, spending most of the time calling/monitoring 50.313 FT8 for 
> openings from the lower-48.
> 
> On July 10th KL7HBK and KL7J operated the first F2 opening of cycle-25 
> to work Central Europe on 6m (I assume using FT8).  The next two years 
> are when folks need to be ready for significant 6m skip openings.  I 
> hope to install one of my LFA 5-elem yagis at ten foot (temp for the 
> winter); perhaps have both LFA yagis on 36-foot tower next spring.
> 
> I suggest contest operating on Sunday on 144/222/432/900/1296, when most 
> of the folks will be home from MARA Hamfest.  I plan to start on 2m at 
> 9am.  Contest runs until 6:59pm (local).  I will probably call on 146.52 
> FM and 223.50 FM, primarily. Haven't tested the vertical on 432 but 
> maybe have that, as well.
> 
> Wx has not been favorable for using a man-lift this week but I will have 
> a crossboom ready to install two 8-element 2m yagis at 45-feet of my 
> 50-foot Hf tower.  Hoping to raise my 80/40m dipole to 40-feet at the 
> same time.
> 
> Work continues on the new hamshack renovation.  Recent mapping of new 
> cable runs to the new shack: 12 coax and 13 control and power cables.
> 
> 73, Ed - KL7UW
> 
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