[Elecraft] Elecraft SSB Net Report (4/24/11)

[Edward R. Cole]

Phil,

I've listened in a couple times that KO5Y was NC and signals from him 
are not strong enough to consider trying to check-in from 
Alaska.  Your location in the NW is much more favorable for me.  I 
know there are west coast assist stations but as long as I am running 
QRP with the K3/10 that is the situation.  Alaska is on the fringe 
for the net so this is not a criticism, only an observation.  14.316 
carrier was there but the K3 notch took care of it for me.  But the 
14.310-14.320 band is very active with nets.

One more observation (that AK stations are well aware of) it takes 
6-10 dB more signal than heard to work stations outside Alaska (the 
so-called one-way propagation).  A station in the lower-48 running 
100w into a dipole can be heard S3-S5 but it will take 500w+ for a 
station in AK to be heard by that station!  I suppose the combination 
of propagation, local noise, and QRM are responsible.


73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45
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