[K3CAL] NVIS Day

Andrew Charland acharland182 at gmail.com
Fri Apr 26 19:28:02 EDT 2024


40m band somewhere. Have to see what's open when we start calling CQ. If
your cell # is on the Auxcomm roster I can try to remember to text you.

Andy
KC3WRX

On Fri, Apr 26, 2024, 19:25 Wade Mahaffey <kb3vle at gmail.com> wrote:

> Are there going to be any specific frequencies that you guys will be on?
> I'm going to try to make contact around noon with you guys.
>
> On Fri, Apr 26, 2024, 18:51 <acharland182 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> ***FINAL NOTICE***
>>
>>
>>
>> NVIS Day tomorrow, April 27th, 2024
>>
>> Ward Farm Park Dunkirk, Md
>>
>> 10am-4pm
>>
>>
>>
>> Bring your chair, shade/sunscreen, and refreshments. We will be operating
>> a Yaesu FT-710 and Xiegu X6100(not at the same time) with a 9:1 unun and
>> 71ft “random” wire to practice our “local” HF skills.
>>
>>
>>
>> NVIS is a great Ecomm skill for times when repeaters are down and VHF/UHF
>> simplex just isn’t cutting it! The goal is to lower the antenna to increase
>> the take-off angle thus decreasing the skip zone to communicate in a more
>> local/regional scenario. Not something we practice frequently so it should
>> be a fun challenge.
>>
>>
>>
>> Included is a map of the park. The red X is our set up location but it
>> shouldn’t be too hard to find us. Weather is looking pretty good at this
>> point so we hope to see folks there.
>>
>>
>>
>> Andy
>>
>> KC3WRX
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