[AK-VHF] NET: Oct - 21 : 144.200 SSB & 146.52 FM

[Ed Cole]

Net Report:

Shack was 54F inside/15F outside at 9am.  Clear sky/ calm.
Ran 2kw heater overnight.

144.200: Noise=S0, dual 8-elem  yagis +100w
KL3WF = S1/S2 Q%
KL6M - S5/S6 Q5 on his vertical
KL7H - S5/S6  Q5
KL7XJ - S4 Q5
WL7AU - S0 Q5

146.52: Noise=S0
KL5PJ - S9
KL7ZK - S8
KL3WF - S7
KL6M - S6V, S9+10Y
KL7H - S8
KL7XJ - S5
WL7AU - S0 Q3
KL7RHJ - S9

446.00: dual-band vertical +66w
KL6M - S7
WL7AU - S1

432.200:
KL6M - S0
KL7H - S0

50.125:  Noise=S3 3-elem yagi +80w
KL6M - S7
WL7AU - S4
KL7H - S5

11am inside temp 68F/22F outside (running 3kw baseboard heat)

During Swap Net 3920-KHz signals were weak and noise=S1 ???  Had my K3 
switched to ext Rx (no ant)
Switching to internal ant noise = S7 and WL7PM(Homer) = S9+5
Using K3 DSP NR helped quiet Rx a bunch!
K3 +100w PA +124 foot folded dipole at 36-feet
Got S6 report from NC

73, Ed - KL7UW
https://www.kl7uw.com/hamshack-shop.htm

On 10/20/2023 7:27 PM, Ed Cole wrote:
> KL7UW operating from my New Hamshack:
> 
>> Net begins at 9:30am on 144.200 USB until about 10:00am when we switch 
>> to 146.52 FM (may switch a little earlier if SSB activity is low).
>>
>> Net continues until approx 10:30am and other bands can be activated 
>> upon request:
>> 50.125 USB Using only the 3-element yagi pointed toward Anchorage
>> 446.00 FM
>> 432.200 USB
>>
>> 223.50 is still located in the original shack (in the house 100-foot 
>> away) so KL7UW will not be QRV for check-ins on 223.50.
> ----------------------------------
> Jenne-KL4SE has a new 50w 2m radio so look for her on 146.52.  She is 
> located 3mi north of me in Nikiski running a vertical antenna.
> ----------------------------------
> Brandon-KL7BSC is on the Kenai this WE:
> 
>      Friday Night:
>          Camp in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge and activate by HF.
>      Saturday AM:
>          Activate Captain Cook State Recreation Area during the Alaska 
> VHF-Up net
>      Saturday morning - afternoon:
>          Activate Johnson lake State Recreation Area
>          Activate Crooked Creek State Recreation Site
>          Activate Kasilof River State Recreation Site
> 
> For each of the Saturday activations I will be running a j-pole antenna 
> for 2 M and 70 cm, and my usual telescoping vertical for HF. Bringing a 
> yagi would give me more reach on VHF, but I just don't have a way to get 
> it set up and taken down quickly enough to move between sites unless I 
> set up the full rover suite.
> ----------------------------------
> 
> My New 80m folded dipole is up and functional so I plan to check-into 
> the Swap net at 11:00am
> 
> 73, Ed - KL7UW
> keep warm out there!
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