[PaQSO] FM activity

[Bill Gallagher]

I, for one, enjoy having two meters, 220, and 440 at my beck and call. A lot
of times, it's the only way I can actually work the county that I'm in! I
work a fair number of stations all over the state on V/UHF...while it is
true that there are more stations available in the metro areas, the same
holds true for all of the other bands...there are simply more ops in those
areas.

I wouldn't be surprised if 8-10% of my stations worked are on 6,2,220, 440,
or groundwave on 10. I am also held back by my power level there, as
well...<3 watts everywhere for the 'test.

Chomping at the bit...

Bill WA3RA/m/qrp

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <K3YD@aol.com>
To: <w3jxp@adelphia.net>; <paqso@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 6:07 AM
Subject: Re: [PaQSO] FM activity


>
> In a message dated 7/17/2003 20:38:36, w3jxp@adelphia.net writes:
>
> << I would like to see 2 FM dropped altogether from the
> Party. I don't live exactly in the "sticks" but I know the stations in the
> South Eastern part of the state have a much greater chance of making a
large
> bunch of 2 M contacts than I do. I don't know how many 2 FM contacts were
> made down there, but it's sure to be more than in any part of the state.
>>
>
> Being a "Southeast Guy"  I sure agree about the # of QSO's workable from
here
> compared to most of the rest of the state.  On year I had to visit a
friend
> at the hospital on PAQSO weekend--before I headed off to PIK to be part of
the
> N3GWR operation.
>     I left the Lehigh Valley Hospital center (LEH) and quickly made about
a
> dozen Q's operating mobile. (50 W. and 5/8 wave vert.)  I crossed into NHA
and
> worked a bunch more adding several counties and NNJ sect as I climbed the
Blue
> Mt. on Route 33.  I rolled into MOE on the ridge-top and worked 8 more
Q's,
> then picked up two more in the Stroudsburg area.  Then, NOTHING!  I
climbed a
> pretty good ridge going into PIK on PA 402.  NOTHING!  Drove across the
Pocono
> plateau to the contest site.  NOTHING.
>
>     I think that much of PA would be like my MOE/PIK experience.  If a
> station is in/near an urban area (Phila., Pittsburgh, Allentown/Bethlehem,
> Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, or on a hill with a good view of one of those
areas, a number of
> 2M. FM Q's are possible.  In the rest of the state, even from a hilltop,
the
> 2 M. FM activity just isn't there.
>
>     I would think that 6 Meters, because of it's greater range and DX
> potential, especially on SSB/CW, has more potential for PAQP activity
especially as
> radios with 6 meter coverage proliferate.  Comments from the avid VHF
> contingent?
>
> 73, Blair k3yd
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