[MAMS] Fwd: MAD ??

[W9SNR - Jim]

It was a pretty busy day for me.  Got to EN62cc a bit after 7 AM.  Found 
K2YAZ on 2M.  Tried 1296, but didn't make it on that band.  That seemed a 
bit fishy, so we went up to 2304, where we did make contact.  I heard Bob on 
3456, but he could not hear my 3W peanut whistle.  K8MD broke in during that 
run, so after finishing with Bob, I worked Mark on 902-2304, but NG on 3456. 
Then K8TQK broke in, so we tried 1296 after I finished with Mark.  By that 
time, the band conditions were going down, so we didn't make it on 1296. 
Just before I started to tear down, W9SZ called on 2M from EN50rl.  We made 
contacts on all of Zack's bands 1296-10G. Signals were OK up to 5760 but 
dropped off on 10 GHz.  (5760 was down since I used a lossy tri-band feed on 
that band).

After hearing that NE8I was going to be near the Michigan lakeshore all 
afternoon, I decided to go to the lakefront park in Kenosha, WI (EN62cn). 
Conditions directly over the lake that afternoon were MUCH better than 
anything I found that morning from EN62cc.  Lloyd was LOUD on all bands from 
903-10G, except for 1296.  The drop in 1296 signals was so bad that I later 
tried jumpering around the 1296 preamp, but that confirmed that the preamp 
was still working.  When I tried working Bob on 1296, I was hearing him S9+, 
but he said my signals were weak.  It looked like a bad case of one-way 
propagation on that band.  I had no trouble working Bob on the other  mW 
bands we tried.  He was even fairly strong on 10 GHz.

Lloyd also setup his 4W beacon on 24 GHz.  I listened for it for about 45 
minutes, but nothing heard despite the very good signals on 10 GHz.  While 
listening for Lloyd's beacon, I took the opportunity to drag out my 1152 MHz 
harmonic generator.  I could hear it all the way up to 24 GHz by just laying 
the box on the windshield, under the dish. The 24 GHz marker was right where 
I expected it to be, so I was at least able to confirm that the 24 GHz 
receiver was working and that the LO was on frequency.

I'm eager to try Kenosha again on an upcoming MAD.  It's not that far away, 
about 1.5 hour drive, plus another half hour for lunch.  All I need is the 
assurance that there will be enough activity to the East to justify the 
trip.

73 - Jim
W9SNR


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Zack Widup" <w9sz.zack at gmail.com>
To: "Mid-America Microwave Society" <mams at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2011 2:06 PM
Subject: Re: [MAMS] Fwd: MAD ??


>I got a later start than I originally planned. I got set up in EN50rl
> by about 9:30 am CDT. Worked Jim W9SNR who was in EN62cc on 1296
> through 10368. Signals were not what they typically are for us on this
> path. 3456 seemed to be our best band. We just squeaked by through the
> noise on 10368.
>
> I called Bob K8TQK up and left a message and he returned my call. We
> managed to work on 1296 but nothing heard in either direction on 2304.
>
> I also tried on 1296 with Dave KB0PE who was in EM48ts, I think.
> Nothing heard either way on that band.
>
> Conditions seemed to be on the poor side. Jim W9SNR headed off to
> Kenosha WI to try to work some of the Michigan gang across the lake. I
> don't know how that turned out.
>
> I WAS hearing the K3SIW beacon on 1296 fairly consistently about S4 or
> so. Strange that it had a good signal on that band. I couldn't hear
> the 2304 beacon which I sometimes can.
>
> I'll be in the ARRL June VHF contest next weekend from the same hill.
> I hope for better conditions.
>
> 73, Zack W9SZ
>
>
> On 6/4/11, Dave Sublette <k4to at arrl.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>> K8TQK and I were on 144.260 until 8 AM EDT.  Nothing heard!  K8TQK will
>> be on frequency for a while longer. I must leave.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Dave, K4TO
>>
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