[SixClub] SIX METER DISTANCE

[Don]

power is TWIN 125 NISSANS will do 38-40 KTS top end and will be using a 
HUSTLER cg-144 5/8 whip
7.2 DBi
powered by a IC-v-8000 75 watts out

Don
SEMPER VIGILIS
DUTY, HONOR, COUNTRY
http://www.borderwatch.us/index.htm  BORDERWATCH
http://www.jcmsara.org Ham radio link
http://myweb.cableone.net/wxfreqrs/  Pascagoula Ms Real Time Observations
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike (KA5CVH) Urich" <ka5cvh at gmail.com>
To: "World Wide Six Meter Club" <sixclub at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 6:08 PM
Subject: Re: [SixClub] SIX METER DISTANCE


On 7/23/05, Don <wxfreqrs at cableone.net> wrote:

> he typically goes 80-100 miles and we were discussing 6 meters,  neither 
> one
> of us is familiar with the band but we know 2 meters wont work at that 
> range
> cause he is over the horizon from all shore repeater towers

Mike wrote

Over water 144 SSB can be a good choice for this distance.  Granted FM
would be marginal but SSB just may pull it off.  I used to make
frequent Q's with another ham on 146.46 FM simplex that were 107
miles, most of it over water along the Texas coastal bend, since both
of us live near the coast.

Now onto your antenna selection.  You didn't indicate sail or power.
Sail is great because of the mast.  I'd stack KB6KQ loops on top.  If
power, I'd look into some type of a fiberglas mast fitted to mount
your typical maritime antenna mast mount and again use stacked loops.

YMMV

-- 
Mike Urich, KA5CVH
http://ka5cvh.com
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