Exactly. In the upcoming Microwave Sprint, I think my 902 and 1296 beams
have beamwidths of around 30 degrees. My microwave dishes have beamwidths
of maybe 10 degrees on 2304 going down to a couple degrees at 24 GHz. Not
likely I'm going to make a whole lot of random QSO's above 2304 MHz.
73, Zack W9SZ
On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 11:20 AM, <w5prchuck@gmail.com> wrote:
> We’re not talking about 20 meters here…
>
> Chuck W5PR
>
> Sent from Mail for Windows 10
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> From: Peter Laws
> Sent: Tuesday, May 2, 2017 11:11 AM
> To: vhf contesting
> Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] Emailing updates during portable operations
>
> On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 10:28 AM, Mark Spencer <mark@alignedsolutions.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > During one my grid expeditions last summer when I announced I wouldn't
> have Internet access I received emails after the fact asking why I wasn't
> using ping jockey so I believe there is a perceived need for this type of
> system but I realize the effort may be non trivial and the user base would
> be small.
>
>
> So, reading between the lines here, it's no longer enough that people
> hearing the DX/rare grid/whatever post to a cluster, now it's up to
> that DX/rare grid/whatever station to personally notify The Deserving
> that they are on the air?
>
> Um. Yeah.
>
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