Ya gotta have the right equipment for the job, Jim.
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| Author: | Jim [ Thu Mar 06, 2014 11:02 am ] |
| Post subject: | VHF lowband opening! |
Just got a call from Wil and he was just going into a meeting but he said VHF lowband is open and he was hearing skip in the 40 MHz regions. Time to do some searching down there! :D |
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| Author: | Wilrobnson [ Thu Mar 06, 2014 1:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: VHF lowband opening! |
Late update. Army convoy on I5 near Southcenter on 30.000 (150.0) Sabre units yakking with Snake units. Also got a few hits I skipped past around 42.560 (some sort of traffic hazard) and maybe 42.260. Was busy looking for the convoy. |
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| Author: | Jim [ Thu Mar 06, 2014 3:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: VHF lowband opening! |
Update: As of 3:20pm today now geo mag shows unsettled and fair daytime poor night conditions above 24 MHz. No hits today. :roll: |
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| Author: | Wilrobnson [ Thu Mar 06, 2014 3:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: VHF lowband opening! |
Ya gotta have the right equipment for the job, Jim.
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| Author: | nickcarr [ Fri Mar 07, 2014 1:09 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: VHF lowband opening! |
If anyone is interested, I just happen to see this last weekend. If I had the spare cash I'd probably pick it up... http://www.murphyjunk.net/u-s-issue-com ... ated-items About the 12th item down... a Datron HH7700 portable with programming kit. http://www.dtwc.com/products/tactical/vhf/hh7700 
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| Author: | nickcarr [ Sun Mar 16, 2014 11:59 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: VHF lowband opening! |
33Mhz FM skip is coming in from eastern USA... |
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| Author: | Wilrobnson [ Fri May 02, 2014 10:52 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: VHF lowband opening! |
In an attempt to get back on the air today, I tried to nurse my neighbor-destroyed coax to life...and ended up splicing in about a foot of speaker wire... one lead for the shield, one lead for the center conductor.. A for effort.. F for implementation. (Source? Anyone? Anyone?). Anyhow, for the few brief minutes it worked (until the cat sat on the wire and I gave up and went for coffee), I was getting hammered by low band skip....lots of southern accents and, between 29.7 and 30 or so, a metric ton of Spanish taxi dispatching. Also, on 31.5xx (didn't write it down) a guy calling unheard stn saying he was 20 minutes from Enid and would need help with the skid steer loaders. |
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| Author: | chpalmer [ Mon May 05, 2014 7:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: VHF lowband opening! |
Quote: (Source? Anyone? Anyone?) Find any yet? I was getting the CHP up at the Hood Canal bridge and a bit beyond today. |
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| Author: | Wilrobnson [ Mon May 05, 2014 8:17 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: VHF lowband opening! |
Yeah, coax was replaced over the weekend. Poor Jim got an earful about it. Via email. |
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