[MRCA] MRCA Meet Recon Patrol Operations

[Al Klase]

On 8/25/2012 10:34 AM, W2HX wrote:
> .....I wonder if it might be possible to do crossband retransmit, say HF<->6M? For example, maybe someone on big pocano might have VHF access back to HQ but other site may not. I wonder if we set up an HF freq at big pocano for the other sites to reach and then big pocano to HQ via VHF? I've never done that before but I wonder if its possible?
In the past, we usually ran three sites,  Big Pocono, Jacobsburg, and 
Beltzville.  Jacobsburg is on the other side of a 1500 foot ridge, and 
Beltzville is down in a hole.  The teams heading to these sites 
generally "hill-topped" on 51 on the way out, and then set up NVIS 
antennas at those two sites.  A simple low dipole or end-fed half-wave 
works just fine.  The NVIS stations generally can hear each other.

This year Dale's adding Penns Peak and Minsi Lake.  The former is 
another high spot, so there may be LOS between there and both Gilbert 
and Big Pocono.  Big Pocono is the place to go if you just warming up to 
this stff, especially if you want to work VHF.

Al


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Al Klase - N3FRQ
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