[MAMS] Good condx this AM (July MAD)

[Dave Sublette]

Zack,

I'm glad to hear of your success.  I tried to run with K8MD and W9ZIH.  
No luck with either.  I did hear bits and pieces of W9ZIH on 1296. I 
thought for sure I would work Ron, but I guess it wasn't to be.

I finished the morning in the shop.  I managed to figure out a weird 
problem with my 1296 mast mounted preamp, which has been bugging me for 
a long time.  It seems that one mounting screw on one relay was a bit 
too long and interfered with the armature, causing the NC contact to 
remain open when it should have closed.  Oh well .... that cost me a 
couple of ATF 36101s.

I now have my Softrock Ensemble II and DEMI 144-INT working well and the 
spectrum view and demodulating power of the computer software is 
impressive for such a simple setup.  It isn't quite as good as my K2 and 
DEMI 144 board, but close.

All in all, it was a fun morning.

73,

Dave


On 7/7/2012 2:12 PM, Zack Widup wrote:
> I got a late start for MAD. I wanted to get up at 5 am and be set up
> by 7 am. I slept through the alarm and got up at 6:30. Whoops. I don't
> think I got to sleep till 2 am though. It was just too hot overnight.
>
> Anyway, got to the hill in EN50rl and got 10 GHz going by 8 am and
> tried to work AF4JF in EM48sq, St. Louis. Nothing heard either way. I
> also could not hear the St. Louis beacon on 10368.900. So we tried
> 1296. Great signals both ways on 1296. Then worked WB9PNU, also in St.
> Louis, on 1296 with great signals.
>
> I worked W9ZIH next. We had great signals on 1296, 3456 and 10 GHz. It
> seemed there was a little enhancement. This was around 9 am. I was
> also copying the K9MOT beacons on 903 and 1296 about S5 to S8. I then
> worked Danny NG9R in EN40na on 902 and 1296, with decent signals both
> ways. I was his first QSO on 902 MHz! I tried to work Marcel N9NJY on
> 902 and 1296 around 10 am but by then the band conditions were
> deteriorating and I heard him briefly on 902, then he disappeared. No
> QSO on either band with him.
>
> I then worked Craig K9CT who is just west of Peoria on 902 and 1296.
> Very good signals on that path but he was only about 70 miles away.
>
> It was really starting to get hot by then so I tore down, packed up
> and drove home. Sorry I missed you Dave. If I'd gotten up when I
> wanted to, we probably could've worked.
>
> 73, Zack W9SZ
>
>
> On 7/7/12, Dave Sublette <k4to at arrl.net> wrote:
>> K8TQK and I are finding excellent propagation on all the bands from 902
>> thru 10G this morning. I hope it holds for a few hours anyway.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Dave, K4TO
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