[OKDXA] OKDXA Simplex Frequency

[Kim Elmore]

I think there will be considerable loss between horizontal and vertical 
polarization, but it's not hopelessly bad. It may depend a bit on what's 
in the path. Faraday rotation and Rayleigh scattering from and around 
objects in the path will tend to disperse the polarization a bit, at the 
very least.

See you in the pileups,

Kim N5OP

On 10/1/2020 11:10 PM, Robert Redmon wrote:
> I really don’t know how to respond to that.  I haven’t owned a 2 meter
> vertical beam since 1973. As most serious dxers I have known don’t stop
> chasing the rare one at 50 MHz, most have high gain antennas that are
> parallel to the horizon as that makes more sense to them, is an accepted
> convention, and is aesthetically pleasing.
>
> Bob k5sm
>
> On Thu, Oct 1, 2020 at 10:34 PM Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>> FM is always vertical to accommodate mobile antennas. SSB and CW are
>>
>> horizontal. Of course, circular always works unless is left-had to
>>
>> right-hand...
>>
>>
>>
>> See you in the pileups,
>>
>>
>>
>> Kim N5OP
>>
>>
>>
>> On 10/1/2020 10:22 PM, Robert Redmon wrote:
>>
>>> vertical or horizontal?
>>>> On Oct 1, 2020, at 10:06 PM, Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op at sbcglobal.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>> As a reminder of an informal suggestion from Jeff Martin K5WE: let's
>> try 147.54 FM as an OKDXA calling frequency. There aren't many of us and my
>> 2 m antennas consist of a corner reflector at about 52 ft and a discone
>> (1/4 wave equivalent) at about 56 ft. It ain't great, but I'll leave my 2m
>> rig tuned there on the discone and listen for any calls. The local repeater
>> has become a bit... boring.
>>
>>>> When I was in Colorado, I was a member of the Mile High DX Association
>> and we used 146.43 as a club simplex frequency. There were enough of us
>> along the Front Range that a fair number could talk to each other. At the
>> time, a few members also operated a DX cluster on 2 m packet, with a 70 cm
>> link across the Continental divide to the Western Slope so they could get
>> spots as well. Jeff has had little luck in the Tulsa area, but there are
>> several of us here in the OKC area and we may have some luck. If anyone
>> knows of a state-wide linked system we could use, let us know!
>>
>>>> See you in the pileups,
>>>> Kim N5OP
>>>> --
>>>> Kim Elmore, Ph.D. (Adj. Assoc. Prof., OU School of Meteorology, CCM, PP
>> SEL/MEL/Glider, N5OP, 2nd Class Radiotelegraph, GROL)
>>
>>>> /"A great second violinist plays second fiddle to no one." //– Robert
>> C. Marsh, Chicago Sun-Times./
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>> Kim Elmore, Ph.D. (Adj. Assoc. Prof., OU School of Meteorology, CCM, PP
>>
>> SEL/MEL/Glider, N5OP, 2nd Class Radiotelegraph, GROL)
>>
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>>
>> Marsh, Chicago Sun-Times./
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Kim Elmore, Ph.D. (Adj. Assoc. Prof., OU School of Meteorology, CCM, PP 
SEL/MEL/Glider, N5OP, 2nd Class Radiotelegraph, GROL)

/"A great second violinist plays second fiddle to no one." //– Robert C. 
Marsh, Chicago Sun-Times./