[NLRS] New member

[Mary Brown]

Actually I have checked into N4PZ's net from out here in SW MN EN24gp(20
miles west of Redwood Falls) several times with 50 watts to a single 432 9wl
antenna so smaller stations CAN do it. Net runs eme capable equipment so
they d the heavy lifting for the small stations.

We have tried 432 activity nights in the past, works best for the guys up in
the metro area but I would hop in when someone pointed out this way. All it
takes is for someone to pick a night and stick with it as net control for
awhile to get people to join in.

Mary
W0AAT

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From: nlrs-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:nlrs-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
Behalf Of Doug Reed
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2018 12:00 PM
To: nlrs
Subject: Re: [NLRS] New member



Hi Thomas.

As Jon said, there is not a lot of activity on 432 SSB except during
contests. The N4PZ 432.110 SSB net is so far away that you would need a
*very* good station and large antenna to be heard. There are no local UHF
SSB nets.

There is a bit more UHF FM activity, but you will find most of it is during
morning & evening drive time. You can get the current repeater list from the
Minnesota Repeater Council web site. I'd suggest trying repeaters associated
with the larger clubs first. Most repeaters are using CTCSS tones to
activate the repeater so be sure you program the TX tone when you program
the RX-TX frequencies. Ignore the digital voice repeaters since you will not
hear anything but "noise". <https://www.mrc.gen.mn.us/>

If you want more weak signal activity, your best choice will be 2M and 6M. I
believe that most daily activity currently is on 6M digital modes, using
meteor scatter and FT8. A meteor scatter station will probably want medium
to high power and a large beam antenna. FT8 is usually considered to be a
weak signal mode but I expect most 6M FT8 stations are 50-200 watts with at
least a single beam.

If you want to stick with 432 weak signal modes, you might want to research
digital moon bounce equipment and methods. The WSJT moon bounce modes have
brought it within the capability of more modest stations than were required
for traditional CW & SSB moon bounce.

73, Doug Reed, N0NAS.

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