[MAMS] Microwave Sprint

[David DeVos]

Zack,

What are the frequencies of those beacons in Chicago?
 Dave KF8QL
http://www.davedevos.com 



----- Original Message ----
From: Zack Widup <w9sz.zack at gmail.com>
To: Mid-America Microwave Society <mams at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sat, September 29, 2012 4:49:51 PM
Subject: Re: [MAMS] Microwave Sprint

I got a late start, partly because I forgot my 2m transverter last
night (which was in a storage space I rent). I had to wait till they
opened at 6 am to fetch it.

I got set up around 8:30 am and listened for the 903, 1296 and 2304
beacons in Chicago. At that time they were all pinning my s-meter. I
took that as a good sign. I then managed to finally contact AF4JF and
N5MU in St. Louis on 10 GHz. We were unable to work on 1296. That was
a little after 9 am. I tried working KO0Z on 10 GHz with no luck,
either.

I then pointed my antennas north and worked N9LB on 902 and 1296. We
tried 2304. I could hear him just fine but he couldn't hear me. He
suspected a blown FET in his preamp. I also worked WB8BZK/R on 1296
when he was in two different grids. Meanwhile, Lloyd had replaced the
FET and suspected a bad T/R relay, so we tried working again on 2304
with him switching from transmit to receive by moving the antenna
connector between transmit and receive. We were able to work on 2304.
I was his first QSO ever on that band!

The bands deteriorated later in the morning. By 10:30 AM I could not
hear the 2304 beacon and the 902 and 1296 beacons had settled to just
above the noise.

I could've tried to work you, Danny. I forgot you were out there. I
could've pointed my antennas your way. Hopefully next time!

Notably missing this morning were W9ZIH, K2DRH and W9SNR. I asked a
couple people in the Chicago area and no one had had heard any of them
today.

73, Zack W9SZ

On 9/29/12, Danny Pease <dpease at adams.net> wrote:
> Well, not much to report. I set up on the hill just outside of Mound
> Station, IL (EN40na) and I was able to work W9LEM (EM49px), (5 miles away)
> on 1296 and that was it. I heard a couple of weak stations on 144.260 that
> I
> could not copy. N9NJY was loud on 2 meters but we were not able to work on
> 902 or 1296, it did not seem propagation was helping at all. I did start to
> hear radar on 1296 about 1330 UTC, nothing prior to that.
>
> Danny NG9R
>
>
> ______________________________________________________________
> MAMS mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/mams
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> Post: mailto:MAMS at mailman.qth.net
>
> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
>
______________________________________________________________
MAMS mailing list
Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/mams
Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
Post: mailto:MAMS at mailman.qth.net

This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html