Hi Dave
At 575 miles, we are awfully close especially for the pattern of our
arrays. I need a single yagi with a wide vertical lobe. WHen I had my
144 tower in operation, I could not hear anything closer than 750 miles
on my LVA. (16 X 5 el) It had a ridiculous vertical pattern that was
great on long haul meteors, but death to short paths.
We can try tomorrow morning if you like. What is a good time for you?
1200 UT Seems reasonable.
Dave K1WHS
and yes we have to break the curse. It is funny how the curse does not
affect EME though.
On 8/10/2023 10:13 AM, Dave Buckwalter - K3SK wrote:
Dave,
Count me in. Maybe we can break the WZ1V curse. I was on this morning on 2m
& 222 MSK, but never heard anyone else on 222.
de K3SK
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From: 222Activity@groups.io <222Activity@groups.io> On Behalf Of David Olean
Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2023 9:38 AM
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Subject: [222Activity] 222 MHz Meteor scatter Sked Request
The Perseids shower is upon us and I was hoping that I could run a few MS
skeds with any 222 MHz ops who want to try. I have two goals. The first is to
run with anyone who is interested in trying something new and a bit out of
their comfort zone. All you need is about 100 watts and a maximum distance of
maybe 1000 miles for a sked to get started at least. The second goal for me
is to try a real long haul sked and push the limit of my setup here. I am in
FN43mj in Maine. I would love to run with ND0B during the peak. If you are
over 1300 miles away and have a KW on 222, I would love to try. The bottom
line is I will try just about anything. ( As long as it appears legal so I
won't get thrown in
jail.)
My setup seems to be working very well these days. It consists of an
8877 PA and 1 5/8" coax to a quad array of specially tweaked 22 element K1FO design
yagis at 100 ft. My horizon angle to the south & southwest is -0.4 degrees and out west
it is at about 0.0 degrees. The receiver consists of a tower mounted preamp into a run of
7/8" heliax down to a
DEMI/Q5 Signal temperature compensated transverter. It seems to hear very well.
Please let me know if you are interested. The Perseids only comes around once a
year. Lets take advantage of it. I can do FSK441 or MSK144.
I'll even do SSB for some great fun.
Dave K1WHS
SHACK Phone 207 608 5317
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