[GCARC] 2-meter DX

[Harry Bryant]

Probably Tropospheric ducting due to a temperature inversion.

73

Harry - AA2WN

On 7/28/2023 8:40 AM, Christopher Prioli AD2CS wrote:
> Tim specifically told me that he was on 147.180/147.780 using a PL of
> 131.85.  No repeater on that frequency in Virginia uses 131.58.  The one in
> Radford uses 103.5 in and out.  I believe that he was hitting our
> repeater.  He said that he has a dual beam at 85 feet above the mountaintop
> in Schuyler, where he owns the 224.900 MHz repeater.  He said that he was
> pushing about 75 watts out, using a Kenwood TS-2000.
> 73
>
> -- Chris   AD2CS
> *GCARC Education Committee Chair*
> *GCARC Membership Committee Chair*
> *Member, GCARC Board of Directors*
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> Christopher P Prioli
> 648 W Holly Ave
> Pitman, NJ  08071
> 1-856-689-6783
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 28, 2023 at 8:26 AM <kbfrank3 at verizon.net> wrote:
>
>> Chris, was KG4GOT going thru a repeater local to him on the same frequency
>> as W2MMD/R or were you hearing him direct (i.e. was he transmitting on
>> 147.180 MHz)?
>> The Richmond, VA repeater on 147.180 MHz (WA4FC) is 253 miles from you, but
>> is listed in the ARRL repeater directory as DMR.  It is 30 miles East of
>> Schuyler, VA.
>> The other 147.180 MHz repeater listed is N4NRV in Radford, VA.  This FM
>> repeater is high in the Blue Ridge Mountains, but is over 400 miles from
>> Pitman, NJ.
>> Still, KG4HOT could have been hitting it, and you could have heard it,
>> because of the great elevation.
>>          Karl W2KBF
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: gcarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net <gcarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On
>> Behalf Of Christopher Prioli AD2CS
>> Sent: Friday, July 28, 2023 6:58 AM
>> To: GCARC <gcarc at mailman.qth.net>
>> Subject: [GCARC] 2-meter DX
>>
>> I just had a QSO via 2m RF by way of our repeater with a ham KG4HOT Timothy
>> Miller in Schuyler, VA, a crow-flies distance of 233.5 miles from my QTH,
>> which is darned near the repeater location.  Sounded like he was sitting
>> next to me for a while.   Lasted about ten minutes before it faded...
>>
>> 73
>>
>> -- Chris   AD2CS
>> *GCARC Education Committee Chair*
>> *GCARC Membership Committee Chair*
>> *Member, GCARC Board of Directors*
>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>> Christopher P Prioli
>> 648 W Holly Ave
>> Pitman, NJ  08071
>> 1-856-689-6783
>> ______________________________________________________________
>>
>>
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