[MAMS] Hepburn troop forecast

[Zack Widup]

Hi Dave,

I got set up on a hilltop in EN60af this morning at about 6:30 am CDT. I
listened around on 2m and heard the WD9BGA beacon very strong and a new one
I'd never heard before - N9SS/B on 144.275 in EN50es. I called you and
K8TQK on 144.135 and 144.200 and heard nothing. I heard nothing at all on
144 MHz anywhere other than the beacons I noted.

I listened for the K9MOT beacon in EN52 on 1296 and didn't hear it. I
listened for the St. Louis beacon on 10368.900 and thought I heard it in
and out of the noise at 6:30, but it rapidly disappeared completely. I
tried to work AF4JF and K0PFX who were in EM48sq in St. Louis, on 10 GHz.
We had no luck.

So this morning was a washout and the tropo that was predicted didn't seem
to materialize for me anyway. Maybe next time.

I haven't been up to the hill in the area of EN50xf/EN60af in a while. They
are building wind generators in that area now. Hopefully they won't be a
deterrent to signals. I suspect that hill is not the greatest place for
microwave operation anyway except maybe for rainscatter. But I can get
there quickly.

I'll be on the big hill in EN50rl for the ARRL UHF contest on Sunday from 6
or 7 am CDT through contest end. Maybe we'll have some tropo then. I can
always hope.

73, Zack W9SZ


On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 8:34 AM, Dave Sublette <k4to at arrl.net> wrote:

> I and K8TQK are on every morning at 7 AM EDT or so. We hang out on
> 144.135. At the moment I only have operating equipment through 1296.
>
> Dave, K4TO
> EM77wx
>
>
> On 7/30/2012 11:58 PM, mgabech wrote:
> > Looking  at the maps,   Tommorrow morning midwest  looks great at
> 1200utc .   Anyone going to attempt to be on?
> >
> > Marcel N9NJY. EM58bl.
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > On Jul 28, 2012, at 2:45 PM, "Danny Pease" <dpease at adams.net> wrote:
> >
> >> Anyone one know if I can use .060 thick material for loop yagis instead
> of
> >> .032 without having to adjust element dimensions?. If I did have to
> adjust
> >> dimensions, does anyone know what the fudge factor might be?
> >>
> >> What I am contemplating is extending the length of a pair of old 33
> element
> >> 902 loop yagis I have to 47 elements and I have a fair amount of .060
> >> aluminum on hand.
> >>
> >> I thought I would ask here before I check with K1WHS.
> >>
> >> Danny NG9R
> >>
> >>
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