[SixClub] 6m Tropo

Wed Apr 14 21:23:59 EDT 2010

Hey doc:

I have tried SSTV on 2 meter FM recruiting other members of my local ham club to be recipients of my pictures. 
We had an absolute blast experimenting sending visuals back and forth with slow scan. 
We even taxed the system by trying just acoustic pickup of encoded pictures' audio from PC speakers and we often got away with it.
The protocols that hams have invented and perfected are simply amazing in being robust and tolerant. 
Absolutely fascinating! Everyone should experience this! Great fun!

Again, hope to see you on six. 
Thanks for your friendship.

Karl  N2KZ

> Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 21:15:31 -0500
> From: doc at kd4e.com
> To: karlzuk at hotmail.com
> CC: sixclub at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [SixClub] 6m Tropo
> 
> Well then you won't be surprised that I have
> a Multi-Elmac AF-68A/PMR-8 station that includes
> 6M and a Gonset Commander II/PMR-8 that also
> includes 6M.
> 
> I had thought of modifying one or both for DSB
> but then stumbled upon a different plan - take
> an existing dual-6146 deck and a 6L6 modulator
> final and strap them together in a DBS format.
> 
> I will use the AF-68 and Commander as Exciters.
> 
> I believe that I can control the carrier level
> so when contacting SSB stations I can back off
> the carrier and on AM raise it a bit.
> 
> So there, another eccentric Ham!  ;-)
> 
> I have not messed with 2M or 440 more than for
> FM comms.  I do have a 10w In/160W Out CW-FM-SSB
> 2m amp for sale if you know anyone looking ...
> hint, hint!
> 
> BTW:  Have you tried SSTV or DSSTV on 6M?  It
> might be fun to try 6M DSSTV DX when you spot
> a DTV opening.
> 
> > Hi doc:
> > 
> > Thanks for the reply.
> > 
> > OK - I am signed up for reflectors galore so let me see if I can change 
> > the world!
> > I'll post tropo openings this Spring and Summer and see if I can attract 
> > some interest.
> > 
> > I have an interesting perspective. I am a long-time TV FM DXer and have 
> > been in broadcast engineering since 1968.
> > Tropo has always been a huge thing for me. I live just north of NYC and 
> > sometimes reach all the way down the
> > Atlantic seaboard to NC, SC and beyond even with DTV. I also have a 
> > place in Michigan and the summers provide the most amazing tropo you 
> > ever want to experience. 2m repeaters don't often use PLs out there - 
> > and when you key up the local repeater you'll also key up 12 more 
> > repeaters on the same pair within 500 miles of where you are. It's amazing!
> > 
> > I also often use NOAA wetaheradio stations as propagation beacons. Very 
> > useful!
> > 
> > I'll get on the Internet lists and advertise that I am 'screaming for 
> > squares.'
> > (It's a new game show that I host on 6 meters.)
> > 
> > I like reviving discarded fourth-owner disgruntled unloved equipment to 
> > do amazing things.
> > An 80 milliwatt QSO on CW is my idea of a party. (I don't get out much.)
> > My well-loved Yaesu FT-690RII should give you an idea.
> > I'm using it with it's optional 10 watt linear.
> > I began my career on 6m using a large Japanese HT that offered CW.
> > With just a whip antenna, I was working stations like crazy. Magic band, 
> > indeed!
> > 
> > Thanks again for the suggestion - a very good one!
> > 
> > Karl Zuk  N2KZ
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >  > Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 20:41:30 -0500
> >  > From: doc at kd4e.com
> >  > To: sixclub at mailman.qth.net
> >  > Subject: Re: [SixClub] 6m Tropo
> >  >
> >  > Do the dx-spotting services send out notices of
> >  > 6M tropo?
> >  >
> >  > I don't recall.
> >  >
> >  > I have my DX-70TH on a too-low delta loop too
> >  > close to a metal building and a TV antenna ...
> >  > temporary problem ... but sure would try to
> >  > listen if home and aware of any kind of opening.
> >  >
> >  > > I am working towards a VUCC using only a 10 watt Yaesu
> >  > > FT-690RII in FN31 in New York, USA. I see a great deal of
> >  > > excitement when Es or F2 comes in. When we have huge
> >  > > tropo. lifts I often can not raise one station. Why do 6m
> >  > > ops disregard tropo? Is it because they find better
> >  > > signal strengths on 2m and 70cm? I need more grid squares
> >  > > and tropo activity would certainly help. Thanks for
> >  > > listening! Comments welcomed. Karl Zuk N2KZ
> >  >
> >  > --
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> >  > .Thanks! & 73, doc, KD4E
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