[TransAtlantic] Bermuda/US tropo 1979

[k4mhz at aol.com]

Paul
Good to hear from you and thanks for the info!!!bed
Ed/VP9GE is a good guy and trying to improve his station... I believe  he has 100w and a 12 element yagi and operates sideband. He operates a Bed and Breakfast at a good location clear to north america. he is 660 miles from Hatteras but easy reach with a reasonable tropo opening. Based on Hepburn Reports, I believe there are many openings to VP9 but no antennas on him. he also moves between  the calling frequency's of 144.200 and 144.300. he mentioned that he worked a number of east coast staions he worked in a short opening identified by DX stations on his local FM repeater.

A big step to the Transatlantic crossing may be making it common place to work VP9, C6, KP4, etc... I will ask Ed again to join us. As well as the folks in KP4 that I have beem talking with... 

Will you be in the January VHF Contest? I should be on 2M  from FM25 but will try to get the 432 Antenna weather permitting... 50 MPH in Hatteras from January - March is common...

lets talk more....
73
Mark
K4MHZ


-----Original Message-----
From: aa4zz at aol.com
To: transatlantic at mailman.qth.net
Sent: Fri, Dec 25, 2009 3:34 pm
Subject: [TransAtlantic] Bermuda/US tropo 1979
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 was looking at the "World above 50Mhz" in the December 1979 QST. Mentioned is 
 September 20 tropo opening where VP9IB worked 29 stations from Delaware to 
outhern New England on 144 MHz and K2RIW on 432.
73 Paul AA4ZZ
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