[NLRS] K0MHC 10 GHz - weekend results in SD and MN

[Dr. Gerald N. Johnson]

Arlis and Holly went home late Saturday afternoon after some equipment 
difficulties and needing to finish a house roofing project. Their new 
larger dish was much harder to aim and they didn't seem to hear well 
from many locations, that's my impression.

73, Jerry, K0CQ

On 8/20/2013 8:54 PM,  Jim Froemke wrote:
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> This was another propagation and distance test.
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> -        On Friday afternoon I was able to scout some of the potential
> operating site near Sisseton, SD. Not all of the DeLorme Topo and Google
> Earth sites were usable!
>
> -        On Saturday, I started at EN15ll03 which is about 13 miles NW and
> 300 ft. higher than the main site EN15lj at the I29 exit 213 rest stop.
> K0AWU (376km), W0PHD 376km), VE4MA (491km) and NT0V (349km) were all good
> signals. Buck Hill (EN34ir) was busy at this time so I moved down to the
> rest stop and set-up for the day. Both NT0V (356km) and VE4MA (500km) were
> worked again but with weaker signals from this lower and more distant site.
>> From this location K0KFC (352km), Buck Hill (305km), K0AWU/W0PHD rovers (six
> times, 297 - 366km) and the SW MN rover pack (twice) were worked before I
> closed up and headed for the Twin Cities. In general the RRV seems to be a
> good conduit for microwave contacts.
>
> -        On Sunday morning NT0V was not workable from the top of Buck Hill
> so I moved down to join the Buck Hill gang for the day for 45 additional Qs.
>
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> Longest contacts: VE4MA @ 500&  491 km
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> Most contacts: K0AWU&W0PHD RRV rovers
>
> Missed opportunities: Couldn't hear K6STS; where were W7XU and N0QJM?
>
> Problems: Intermittent DC connection (RCA plug), lost a 4-way power
> connecter and I disconnected my mic. cable (accidently stepped on it).
>
> Next time: Locate additional high operating sites west of Sisseton, SD. (I
> drove through there again today and onto Pierre, SD. There are many
> interesting hill sites out there!)
>
> Thanks to everyone for the 80 - 10 GHz contacts during the 1st weekend. But,
> I have a long way to go to match the 222 Qs from last year (total for both
> weekends) before I leave for the 6 mr. BBQ in Austin.
>
>
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> 73, Jim
>
> K0MHC
>
> Alexandria, MN
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