[MAMS] Hepburn troop forecast

Wed Aug 1 16:00:50 EDT 2012

Those should be interesting to listen for. The 144 beacon gets to a point
in the message it sends when it says "NOW QSY TO 432" so I assume it does
not transmit on 144 and 432 simultaneously. It comes back on 144 about a
minute later. There was no mention of the 1296 beacon in the message it was
sending today.

Zack W9SZ

On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 1:50 PM, Danny Pease <dpease at adams.net> wrote:

> This is the second time in a week I have heard someone say they heard the
> N9SS 2 meter beacon, W9ZIH said he heard it one evening last week. It is
> listed as 50 mW into a Big Wheel at 30 feet. I know I have never heard it,
> I
> keep forgetting to ask any of the locals in Peoria if it was really on or
> not. The list I have also shows N9SS beacons on 432.299 (50 mW to a 2 meter
> Big Wheel at 30 feet), 1296.299 (50 mW to a 2 meter Big Wheel).
>
> Danny NG9R
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mams-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:mams-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
> On
> Behalf Of Zack Widup
> Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2012 1:34 PM
> To: mary boller; Mid-America Microwave Society
> Subject: Re: [MAMS] Hepburn troop forecast
>
> I was wondering about the 144.135 frequency but since that is what I saw in
> an earlier e-mail, I gave a shout there. I also shouted on 144.200 and
> 144.260. I didn't hear any answers.
> :-(
>
> I don't know how others found the conditions this morning, but I didn't
> notice anything spectacular. The Hepburn forecast for Sunday at 1200Z is
> unstable but possible enhancement in a band from my area to the west and
> southwest. Maybe that will really materialize. Hard to say now.
>
> The N9SS beacon on 144.275 is an odd little beacon. When I first heard it,
> I
> thought it was someone tuning up. It's located in Peoria (EN50es). It's a
> very low power beacon but I was hearing it well this morning in EN60af.
>
> 73, Zack W9SZ
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 12:50 PM, mary boller <w9obg at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > I was up here this morning as well, got to listening at 6AM  CDT and
> > listened for a half hour, tuning all around 144-135Heard Zack and a
> > few others after 7 but nothing far out.Are you always on or about
> > 135?? and I do believe I have it right, you start at 7AM EDT which
> > should be 6 AM here in the black hole of DX Wally W9OBG
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> >  From: Dave Sublette <k4to at arrl.net>
> > To: Mid-America Microwave Society <mams at mailman.qth.net>
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 1, 2012 11:57 AM
> > Subject: Re: [MAMS] Hepburn troop forecast
> >
> > Hi Zack,
> >
> > Bob and I were on. I think we were on about the time you were.  We
> > didn't hear you.  Sorry.  The 1296 beacon near Dayton was strong this
> > morning. There should have been N-S enhancement from Wisconsin to the
> > South.  Bob tried CQing to the SW after 8 AM EDT, but I didn't hear
> > him work much of anything.
> >
> > Maybe next time.
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Dave, K4TO
> >
> >
> > On 8/1/2012 10:54 AM, Zack Widup wrote:
> > > 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
> > >
> > >
> >
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