[HCARC] 80 meter short distance comm

[Bill Tynan]

Bob:

What time of day and time of year was it when you made contact with N5HR 
from Menard on 80 meters?

If it was Noon in summer, then I take back what I have been saying about HF 
for emergancy communication.

I would suggest cutting antennas for the low end, abt 3600. That way, you 
can use CW, PSK-31 and other digital modes, probably without a tuner. With 
an Extra Class license, you can use SSB just above 3600. There's almost NO 
QRM down there, even in the evenings. From casual listening, I find it wide 
open compared with 75 Meters above 3800.

73,

Bill, W3XO
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From: <bob.k5yb at yahoo.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2014 7:09 AM
To: "Harvey N. Vordenbaum" <tower2 at stx.rr.com>; "'SARA SANDSTROM'" 
<kerryk5ks at hughes.net>; "'H - Reflector'" <hcarc at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [HCARC] 80 meter short distance comm

> A few years ago Gale Heise and I went out to Menard and set up a low 
> dipole . We made contact with the club station on 40 and 80 meter phone. A 
> team in Fredericksburg was unable to establish contact on their inverted 
> V.  On the way out we tried to reach the club repeater from an area near 
> Junction using a 2 meter whip in a 20 foot mast. The area at the top of 
> the plateau near I 10 was successful. A parking area part way down the 
> hill was not. When set up for hf we made contact on 5 bands using an LDG 
> autotuner. The dipole was cut for 3873 and fed with coax.
>
> Bob K5YB
>
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