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Re: [VHFcontesting] Contesting on 222 anytime

Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] Contesting on 222 anytime
From: Dave Clouser <Dave@NZ3M.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2010 20:23:19 -0400
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  222 new to me since this spring.  I will be on during the sprint from 
FN10pd with a M2-5wl and 130w.  Hope to make some contacts

Dave NZ3M



On 9/25/2010 1:52 PM, John Santillo wrote:
> Personally 222MHz is way under rated and under utilized.
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> 222 is only 3.75dB worse in Free Space Pathloss than 2M.  In addition the
> background noise floor is much higher on 2M than 222 so all things
> considered equal (antenna gain, power, system noise etc.), these bands are
> very similar.
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> During this past September VHF Contest the only reason why we had more
> contacts on 2M than 222 was due to popularity, not propagation.
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> 73,
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> John
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> N2HMM
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