Hi guys
Just to share some information about Florida & New England. First time I hear
about it was 1997, several QSO's on 432. Then I learned QSO's on 1296 MHz from
Florida and Cuba way up to W1 W2 land. Last QSO I know about was W1ZC NH and
WB4OMG in FL. This path opens every year or two in October. When I asked Dick
how he knew about the opening, he said the APRS map was red down to, and he
started to call CQ on 432.
APRS does help if you call CQ.
73's
JC
N4IS
-----Original Message-----
From: VHFcontesting <vhfcontesting-bounces+n4is=comcast.net@contesting.com> On
Behalf Of David Olean
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2022 11:40 AM
To: jrusgrove@comcast.net; Al W9KXI <aoldfiel@stny.rr.com>;
222Activity@groups.io; newsVHF@mailman.qth.net; vhfcontesting@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] [NEWSVHF] [222Activity] 222 Nite Summary
Hi Jay
The APRS map was what got everyone in a panic as it showed red (good) from
Syracuse NY and Ottawa down to Florida in a long thin line. New England was
out of it. I suspect it was only showing locally enhanced propagation along
the front line. I wish I had a good way to determine tropo inversions. It was
great when Don Kent was the WBZ weatherman. He had real weather maps with
isobars. Today the weather people tell us what to wear and to get out your
galoshes or umbrellas. The Hepburn maps are good but do miss things. Still it
is a good guide for places to watch, as the weather patterns are very evident
with his data. I also look at the NWS site, but it can get quite confusing if
you do it casually. TMI!
Thanks for the report. Your results coincide with my observations. A 500 mile
path is very different from a 125 mile path!!
73
Dave K1WHS
(Who still has no 144 yagi up in the air!)
On 10/26/2022 10:29 AM, jrusgrove@comcast.net wrote:
> Dave
> K2CKA FM06 was only about 6 dB stronger than normal 'flat condx' on 2
> meter SSB last night. Nothing else of interest noted. Either APRS map
> was optomistic or there was no southern activity.
> Jay W1VD
>
> *----- Original Message -----*
> *From:* David Olean <k1whs@metrocast.net>
> *To:* Al W9KXI <aoldfiel@stny.rr.com>, <222Activity@groups.io>,
> <newsVHF@mailman.qth.net>, vhfcontesting@contesting.com
> <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
> *Sent:* 10/26/2022 10:16:18 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [NEWSVHF] [222Activity] 222 Nite Summary
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Hi Al & vhfers
>
> The 10 GHz guys are all excited about the red blob this morning, but
> there is no activity. When I quit last night just before 02:00,
> the red
> blob was looking quite impressive. It went from VE3 down to
> Florida in a
> thin line. It is there this AM but not as pronounced. It would be
> really nice to hear reports from others who were inside the "blob" to
> see how it related to their experience with typical CW and SSB paths.
> The APRS map is generated by (obviously) APRS signals that are
> typically low power small gain antennas so their coverage is quite
> small. Such signals are heavily influenced by local conditions where
> inversion layers will provide huge improvements within say 200
> miles but
> no farther. Our situation, with higher power and bigger antennas
> already provides the gain needed to extend coverage well beyond those
> short ranges.
>
> I am reminded of the experience of Ross Hull back in the early
> 1930's
> on the 5 meter band. Modulated oscillators and whips were the typical
> setup. Coverage was 15-20 miles. Ross had been to Brandt Rock,
> South of
> Boston and saw a telephone company radio link that used a high gain
> array to cross Cape Cod Bay. He duplicated that array on his 5 meter
> station located on Selden Hill in West Hartford and immediately
> started
> contacting hams in the Boston area all the time. They all thought
> he was
> a bootlegger as no one had ever heard signals from so far away. All
> because he put up a big antenna! His coverage went from LOS
> paths to
> diffraction and tropo scatter range immediately. This revelation got
> him on the road to discovering the mechanism of tropospheric
> refraction.
>
> I was well out of the path of the big red blob but did note some
> slight
> enhancement on WA3EOQ. We are talking about maybe 5 dB on average.
> On a
> 500 mile path a 5 dB improvement sure comes in handy as signals
> are very
> weak. Path loss is around 240 dB +/-. I did work N2SLO on Long
> Island
> in New York and his signal might have been a bit weaker than normal.
> Not sure how to explain that. Maybe a case of path QSB alone.
> Maybe we
> worked on a QSB trough!
>
> So did anyone note any anomalous long haul contacts during the
> evening?
> Inquiring minds want to know.
>
> Dave K1WHS
>
> On 10/26/2022 9:13 AM, Al W9KXI wrote:
> >
> > I got on later than usual last night and was rewarded by
> numerous good
> > contacts, culminating with Bob K8TQK. There was little to no
> > enhancement between the two of us as his CW signal was quite weak,
> > almost as if he was running without the amplifier. Regardless…we
> > managed.
> >
> > WA3EOQ, KO4YC and W1XR had their usual Nice signals here. Always
> nice
> > to get them in my log.
> >
> > Re the Red Blob. I didn't see much enhancement here but we were on
> > the edge of it. Having said that, I did point the beam South
> for FT8,
> > called CQ and worked Phil off the side of the bam and Dave off the
> > back corner.
> >
> > VE3KG. Nice to work Dave for the first time and have FN24 (new
> grid
> > on 222) in my log. With the hills here in FN12ne, FN24 is a tough
> > direction for me.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > DISTANCE (KM)
> >
> >
> >
> > GRIDSQUARE
> >
> >
> >
> > MODE
> >
> > Jeff
> >
> >
> >
> > K1TEO
> >
> >
> >
> > 330
> >
> >
> >
> > FN31
> >
> >
> >
> > SSB
> >
> > Ron
> >
> >
> >
> > WZ1V
> >
> >
> >
> > 373
> >
> >
> >
> > FN31
> >
> >
> >
> > SSB
> >
> > Howard
> >
> >
> >
> > WA3EOQ
> >
> >
> >
> > 348
> >
> >
> >
> > FM09
> >
> >
> >
> > SSB
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >
> >
> > K1WHS
> >
> >
> >
> > 500
> >
> >
> >
> > FN43mumbojumbo
> >
> >
> >
> > SSB
> >
> > Cornell
> >
> >
> >
> > KO4YC
> >
> >
> >
> > 477
> >
> >
> >
> > FM17
> >
> >
> >
> > SSB
> >
> > Jim
> >
> >
> >
> > W1XR
> >
> >
> >
> > 706
> >
> >
> >
> > FM19
> >
> >
> >
> > SSB
> >
> > Chip
> >
> >
> >
> > W1AIM
> >
> >
> >
> > 447
> >
> >
> >
> > FN34
> >
> >
> >
> > CW
> >
> > Phil
> >
> >
> >
> > WA3NUF
> >
> >
> >
> > 267
> >
> >
> >
> > FN20
> >
> >
> >
> > FT8
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >
> >
> > K1WHS
> >
> >
> >
> > 500
> >
> >
> >
> > FN43
> >
> >
> >
> > FT8
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >
> >
> > VE3KG
> >
> >
> >
> > 311
> >
> >
> >
> > FN24
> >
> >
> >
> > CW
> >
> > Bob
> >
> >
> >
> > K8TQK
> >
> >
> >
> > 630
> >
> >
> >
> > EM89
> >
> >
> >
> > CW
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Al - W9KXI
> >
> > FN12ne
> >
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