[LeArc] 75 meters for relaying weather information

Sat, 12 Apr 2003 15:48:52 +0000

I monitored 3990.5 khz for W0BXR this morning to see how well 75 meters
would work for weather spotting. The band was quiet and W0BXR was good =
and
strong to me. However I heard others checking in from the Mt. Pleasant, =
IA
and Freeport, IL area and W0BXR was not having very good luck in hearing
those stations. I had to relay to him the check ins. I'm not sure how =
good
this will work for weather spotting. Propagation during the day on 75 =
meters
is mediocre at best. It would improve in the evening hours. However if =
there
are thunderstorms around, there would be an awful lot of lightning =
static
that could overwhelm any increased in signal strength from the better
propagation conditions.

Just my observations.=20

73 Jay

Jay Hainline  KA9CFD  EN40om
Colchester, IL
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