[MRCA] BC-611 Range

[w8au at sssnet.com]

As the party aboard the LST, on the signal bridge, we established
the max distance (over water) at 7 miles (from Rob), and could have gone
further
but I didn't want to exhaust the 103V battery pack.

I could not see or detect where Rob was, until he flashed a signal light
which was barely seen and modulated by rising moisture.

That "coastwatcher" exercise was one I'll never forget. :-)

Perry   w8au

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Rob said:
> At the same event that Chris mentioned, I worked W1NZR and KW1I, each
> using
> their BC-611s, with my TBX set, over about 12 miles of water.  No enhanced
> antennas were used.
>
> Breck, are you adjusting the internal antenna loading coil to match the
> vertical, or doing something external?
>
> RF
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 24, 2013 at 8:06 AM, Christopher Bowne
> <aj1g at sbcglobal.net>wrote:
>
>> Interesting, can't quite see how you have the vertical connected to the
>> 611, assume its just clipped on to the 611's slightly extended whip?
>>
>> When LST325/WW2LST came up to Mass Maritime Academy through Buzzard's
>> Bay
>> back in 2005, I recall making a solid contact with Perry on the port
>> bridge
>> wing with his hand held 611 to my GRC-9 "coastwacher" setup on the beach
>> of
>> West Island, across a LOS path of about 3 miles.  I was using a beach
>> mounted vertical whip similar to yours with 4 80 meter 1/4 wave radials
>> with at least two of them run into the salt water with the Angry 9.
>>
>>
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