[MAMS] April MAD - results

[Dave Sublette]

K8TQK and I were on but I heard nothing.  I think Bob might have made 
some contacts, but I am not sure.

Dave, K4TO

On 4/11/2012 4:37 PM, Dave Calvert wrote:
> Hello to the group,
> This MAD was exactly what we new before we started!  Heartburn was
> in the Black and seems to be its only color for years. . . . I got to the hill in
> EM49ua in Dow, IL. at 4:30am and set up my table with the 24 Gig equip
> and 2-marine batteries for the 24 Vdc and 3ft Dish on the North East side
> of the AT&T building and then drove around to the East side of the building
> to set up the 4ft. Dish for 5.7 Gig's.  I made a call on 144.260 in the direction
> of W0LGQ/EN21 so that we could try a few bands before 7am.  No luck
> on any of the uW bands!  He is 337 mile path with (as Zack would say)
> + attenuation!  Here is my log for this MAD activity:
>   
> W9ZIH/ EN52 . . . . . . . 1296.1   CW 559    Ron,  at   8:11am
> N9NJY/ EM58bl . . . . .  1296.1 USB 5X6    Marcel at 8:56am
> "                         " . . .  . . 902.1  USB 5X8    "        "  at 8:59am
> K2DRH/ EN41VR . . . . 1296.1 CW 559      Bob    at   9:05am
> "                           ". . . . . . . . . .  USB 5X5    "      "  at  9:55am
> K0PFX/ EM48 . . . . . . . 1296.1 USB 5X3   "Mel at   10:17am
>   
> I received a phone call from Zack that he was packing up due to high winds
> and the added + attenuation that he was dealing with in EN50rl !!!  I packed
> up everything and drove to EM58tg which is on the parking lot of SIU at
> Edwardsville and worked N9NJY for another 902.1 contact that was needed.
>   
> I wanted to say that at the beginning of this MAD I was told by Ron - W9ZIH
> that he was running 1500 watts on 144.240 and wondered how loud he was
> compared to Jim - W9SNR.  I stopped and thought a second and said that Jim
> was much louder and stronger that he was on 2m. . .  I began wondering how
> much power was Jim running on 2m?  I new it was around 50 watts so I
> concluded that the path from St. Louis area to Chicago and into Michigan was
> the best for this early morning wasted trip hi hi.  It is aggravating for me so from
> now on I will pay attention to the conditions and try to work up into Michigan
> on 902, 1296, 2304, 3456 and higher.  I will be looking for you Mark for these
> contacts RR.
>   
> I didn't even hear K4TO or K8TQK, were they on this morning??
> 73,
> Dave
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