[MRCA] VHF Low Band Listening

[Steven Daniel Miller]

Thanks for the info.  Well, from Madison, WI I picked up audio from
Channel 4 in Milwaukee, Channel 4 from Iowa and Channel 2 from Iowa.  All
several hundred miles away.  My wife picked my up doing a test on 51 MHz
from 4 miles away on a scanner and had me LC.  That was using the 10 foot
whiop.

Like I said, I mainly bought it since I'm a military surplus collector but
no reason not to combine it with my amateur license.

Steve


On Mon, 31 Jul 2006, Al Klase wrote:

> Hi Steve,
>
> There's not a lot of excitement here in New Jersey.  One hardly hears
> any 6-meter activity, and I'd expect most of the DX would be SSB.
> There's still some police/fire operations on the 30-50 portion.  I can
> hear a six meter repeater, but the PRC-77 has no way to split the TX/RX
> freq's.  50KHz channel spacing and wide deviation is also a nuisance in
> ham terms.  Best bet is to show up for military radio activities.
>
> Regards,
> Al
>
> Steven Daniel Miller wrote:
>
> >I'm new to the list and new to military radios but I have a PRC-77 being
> >shipped to me as we speak and I'm really looking forward to getting it.
> >I'm slightly more interesting in collecting military items than actually
> >using it but I'm sure I'll do some monitoring.
> >
> >I was just wondering if anyone could relay their experiences of monitoring
> >in the 30-70 MHz area.  I remember in 1988 as we were entering the peak of
> >the solar cycle.  My dad was in the national guard in Wisconsin and they
> >have a vehicle with a working radio.  I spent about 2 hours in there
> >listening (just before I got my amateur radio license).  I remember
> >hearing things like taxis and some Spanish language stuff coming in
> >somewhere betweeen 30-50MHz.  Is that stuff still out there or am I going
> >to be listening to a lot of static on the PRC-77?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Steve
> >KB9DFE
> >
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