Although 1.2 GHz may not be considered a microwave band, I have used JT65c on
that band with success during a portable outing.
It allowed us to quickly complete a QSO that had defied several attempts over
a few hours with CW / SSB.
73
Mark S
VE7AFZ
mark@alignedsolutions.com
604 762 4099
> On Sep 13, 2017, at 7:52 AM, Keith Morehouse <w9rm@calmesapartners.com> wrote:
>
> Zack, I think JT65 or one of the JT9 modes would work very well on any
> microwave band as long as both ends were frequency stable. If someone
> drifts, which is likely, I there would be problems. Rapid fading or any
> kind of propagation distortion (multi-path, ect) might have a detrimental
> effect, depending on which digital mode you used.
>
> Personally, I think JT65 is a proper and useful mode for microwaves. One
> of the JT65 sub-modes was designed from the start for terrestrial microwave
> operation, not EME.
>
> -W9RM
>
>
> Keith J Morehouse
> Managing Partner
> Calmesa Partners G.P.
> Olathe, CO
>
>> On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 6:51 AM, Zack Widup <w9sz.zack@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> My VHF operating is almost entirely portable. I like to go to local
>> hills (there are some around here!) I use a deep-cycle marine battery
>> as a power source. Except for very brief operations, running the
>> station and a computer from the battery runs it down too fast. So I
>> don't even bother taking a computer along. I log on paper and enter it
>> into the computer when I get home later.
>>
>> So no digital modes for me on VHF. I wonder how well they work on
>> microwave frequencies, anyway. I hear stations now and then that don't
>> have phase-locked LO's and are way off the expected frequencies and
>> drift several kHz up and down as we work.
>>
>> 73, Zack W9SZ
>>
>>> On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 1:49 AM, Jim Worsham <w4kxy@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>>> Hello Kenny. How is everything going? Forget decades. How about now!
>> I see this all the time now at work. The millennials would rather IM or
>> email you than talk to you. God help you if you actually show up in their
>> office for a face-to-face. You quickly become the creepy old guy. I am
>> not sure if that is what is driving your experiences with the use of
>
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