[K3PZN-List] On-air test of antenna for July 12 Tech Talk

[Curt Milton]

Pete
This is the time of year for 6m E skip, so do check things out in the CW/SSB spectrum (CW typically below 50.100, SSB above 50.125 .... and in between the DX window.  

There is a local beacon on 50.064.  Last couple nights it seems band was open to Caribbean and YV.  Maybe to Europe while I was at work ?  Single hop to Florida or Midwest or W5 is even more common.  

For skip, of course, either polarization can work.  

If I were retired, I would have a 432 MHz quagi built by now ..... not that there is much skip there - just a new frontier.  

Learned how to do WSPR -- JT64 can't be too far behind (some big guns even use it).  

I may have a presentation ready for use down the road.  CUL
Curt
 

    On Tuesday, June 20, 2017 5:24 PM, Peter Hiltz <pmhiltz at gmail.com> wrote:
 

 I might have been away from the computer.  I did wander away.  I'm on
146.52, the UHF repeater, and 50.525 MHz FM at 5:23 PM

Pete

On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 4:35 PM, Mark Rosenthal <marksro at comcast.net> wrote:

> Are you listening now?
> I was able to tune up my dipole to 50m. I called.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Jun 20, 2017, at 4:22 PM, Peter Hiltz <pmhiltz at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > All,
> >
> > I'm scheduled to deliver part 2 of my Gamma Match tech talk on July 12,
> > which focuses on applying the work of part 1 to a real antenna so as to
> > verify that it works.
> >
> > That antenna, for 6 meters, is built and installed on a test mast about
> 20
> > feet off the ground and oriented for vertical polarization.
> >
> > All are invited to help me test it with actual QSOs.  I'll be listening
> on
> > 50.525 MHz, FM, starting after the CARET net which is at 8:30 pm.  I'll
> > plan to be on frequency (I am now) at 9 pm for an official start.
> >
> > FYI, the antenna will stay up vertical for a while until I figure out how
> > to put it up horizontally, then we can redo this experiment.
> >
> > Thanks and 73,
> >
> > Pete
> > WV3S
> >
> >
> >
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