[SMCARA] Height is might!

[Marty Airhart]

While traveling back from ATL overnite Saturday night, I dialed up the
repeater on Mt. Mitchell in Pisgah Nat'l Forest. (a.k.a. Clingman's Dome)
In the neighborhood of 6,642 ft. ASL.

Using a 12-watt HT from inside the car, I joined the 9PM Sat night net the
local club there conducts.

They had no problem copying my call, handle, location, and comments.

Talking about overlook...the net meeting included hams from VA, TN, NC, SC
and I believe, KY.  I was able to monitor the repeater for around 30-40
miles.  When it failed to open the squelch steadily, I terminated it.

'Don't believe it was ducting or the such, these guys on the net from all
these states know each other by name and obviously talk each week.

Oddly, in some of the repeater databases there is question as to the
existence of the Mt. Mitchell repeater, or even that it is still active,
due I think to the fact that the person who originally maintained it is now
deceased (don't quote me on that)  But someone else is keeping it running
and it does well.  Output is 145.190
-- 
Marty
KB3ZIX