[MRCG] This weekend

[Tim]

Hi Ray - Thanks - I like your thinking !!  Washington B&G Military Vehicle
show...MRCG/CSLO

As to cross-country HF, the only gear that I know of that will be up and
available at the annual MRCG Camp San Luis Opispo muster will be 3 HF
packsets, including my PRC-174, probably all running whips.  Maybe 18 mc
could make the shot in the evening.

I was planning on running on our Saturday morning 0930 PST (1230 EST) RATT
Clatternet, 7087, 850 shift etc for our regular "net" if anyone shows up
(who is NOT at SLO !  hihi)  We'll see...  I kind of doubt we could make it
across country on 40 meters during the daytime...RATT or USB

I don't have much experience with 18 mc propagation but do you think we
would have a path at 0200Z - (2200 EDST / 1900 PDST) FRIDAY 5/5 evening?
18.145 USB... we could try that.  VOA prop says that time on 18 mc might be
possible with 25W packsets on each end, whips, with a 15% probability of
adequate SNR.  (Up to 40% via CW which would be easy for me...)

(Your GRC-106 would of course be stronger coming West..) That seems to be
the best time for this path on 18 mc.  Looks like 1200 EDST on 18 mc is not
possible...Waddaya think?
So let's coordinate ideas - I should have EMail connectivity there..
Anyone else - ideas??
Thanks, Tim
N6CC

On Mon, May 1, 2023 at 12:31 PM Ray Fantini <RAFANTINI at salisbury.edu> wrote:

> Ok, so I am planning on being out at the old Fairchild/Republic plant in
> Hagerstown Maryland this Friday and Saturday. This is for the annual
> Washington Blue and Gray Military Vehicle collector show.
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> I will have the mutt with me and am planning on doing the MMRCG 7087 RTTY
> Net, the 7296 USB MRCA Net and the 5357 M&S Net all on Saturday 6th but
> intend to be there all day on Friday the 5th any interest in trying to do
> a cross country QSO?
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> I have always had good signals in the late afternoon into the west on
> seventeen meters and wanted to know if you all would have anything up and
> running at the camp that can do 18.145 or so USB?
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> We would have to do a schedule or something but I know that three or four
> local for me would be around noon or so for you.
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> If you wanted to really push the envelope of military to military radio
> craziness we can do RTTY being that I will have everything for that for the
> net on Saturday morning.
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> Ray Fantini KA3EKH
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