[NLRS] VHF Field Day modes

[Doug Reed]

Yup, Jerry is right about 45 baud. 45 baud was standard, 50 baud was
oddball. Just another case of working from old memories and not
looking it up....

I agree with everything regarding narrow shift tones for HF/VHF SSB. I
think we were using 850Hz wide shift tones in the 70's when there was
RTTY on local FM frequencies but narrow shift is definitely a better
choice for an audio FSK signal into a SSB radio. I had a Model 15RO
running VHF autostart for many years. Its still in the basement along
with a Model 38ASR.... I can't think of any reason I'd need either one
again....

I found an article in a magazine about 10 years ago. Might have been
RF Design or RF & Microwave mags...It compared many flavors of simple
omni vertical antennas, ranging through simple ground planes, vertical
dipoles, bazookas with 1, 2, or more sleeves, J-poles, etc. My final
take-away was that a simple quarter-wave ground plane with four
radials angled down about 45 degrees not only was quick to build,
simple to match, and has wide bandwidth, it also puts more of the
radiation on the horizon. A J-pole has higher theoretical gain but is
harder to build, far harder to match, requires a balun to reduce
pattern distortion, and radiates at a higher angle above the horizon.
I can also fold the wire ground plane into a small bundle for travel
and just straighten out the wires when I get there....

73, Doug Reed, N0NAS.