[MRCA] VHF Low Band Listening

[Rob Flory]

Steve wrote:

"My wife picked my up doing a test on 51 MHz
from 4 miles away on a scanner and had me LC"

Your wife is a good sport, Steve.  Mine would probably do it, but she'd really roll her eyes.  I've been doing tests like that, but with a recorder on the receiver at home.

Rob Flory

-----Original Message-----
>From: Steven Daniel Miller <fmj at shell.core.com>
>Sent: Jul 31, 2006 11:27 AM
>To: Military Radio Collectors Association <mrca at mailman.qth.net>
>Subject: Re: [MRCA] VHF Low Band Listening
>
>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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>> Al Klase - N3FRQ
>> Flemington, NJ
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