[MRCG] This weekend

[Tim]

Hi Ray - OK, sounds good. (yeah, I mix up ST and DST and mis-apply
GMT/Z!)...
So Friday afternoon, May 5, 1700 Eastern = 1400 Pacific time (actually
2100Z) at Camp SLO.  18.145 +/- any QRM, USB.

On this end it could be anyone else besides me.  Tom, W6TOM will be
bringing his PRC-515 but he has a dipole on a big half-wavelength mast
which would be much better than my whip.  We'll see who else shows on-freq
as well.  We will listen for KA3EKH et. al.  Let's warm up the ionosphere
over Kansas!
Thanks, Tim
N6CC

On Tue, May 2, 2023 at 8:40 AM Ray Fantini <RAFANTINI at salisbury.edu> wrote:

> I am leaning towards Friday, the 5th at around 1700 local that would be
> 1400 for you, unless I am mistaken. I will just be using the fifteen foot
> whip on the back of the mutt with the 106, but that’s the same set up I
> have used for some time now on seventeen and the antenna has always
> preformed well. Couple years back was working a parks on the air station in
> California that sounded just like next door. Last weekend at Fort Miles
> right on the coast was working Texas, Oklahoma and Colorado like they were
> local. The weird thing was not being able to work N2IA over in New Jersey
> the next state over.
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> My CW skill suck, think I am good for maybe two words per minute but will
> have a CW key with me just in case.
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> If the west coast is up for it would like to do Friday May 5th @1300 GMT
> anywhere between 18.14 to 18.15 USB, you may want to check my math. Think
> that we are in DST and my offset for GMT is -4?
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> Ray F/KA3EKH
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> *From:* Tim <timsamm at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Monday, May 1, 2023 5:13 PM
> *To:* Ray Fantini <RAFANTINI at salisbury.edu>
> *Cc:* West Coast Military Radio Collectors Group <MRCG at mailman.qth.net>;
> mrcg-west at groups.io; MMRCG at groups.io
> *Subject:* Re: This weekend
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> Hi Ray - Thanks - I like your thinking !!  Washington B&G Military Vehicle
> show...MRCG/CSLO
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> 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.
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> 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
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> 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...)
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> (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?
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> So let's coordinate ideas - I should have EMail connectivity there..
> Anyone else - ideas??
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> Thanks, Tim
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> N6CC
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> On Mon, May 1, 2023 at 12:31 PM Ray Fantini <RAFANTINI at salisbury.edu>
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> 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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