Not to mention a rotator that didn't allow us to turn 2m to the north!
All in all, it was a good run up there. Had high winds, and cold weather,
but it was definately a fun time. As testament to what Trevor said about
there being a lot of intermod and other noise on 2m in the upper end of
the band... we could barely hear someone running 10W less than 15 miles
away. Next year, we will probably end up also trying to operate a little
more, as we did spend a lot of time not doing anything on the radio.
Jason W6SN
On Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 10:47:32PM -0800, Trevor Raty wrote:
> From: "Trevor Raty" <traty@monkeywireless.net>
> To: <VHFcontesting@contesting.com>
> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 22:47:32 -0800
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> Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] group roving
>
> A lot of the scores have to do with a lot of the mountain tops having a lot
> of intermod, and all the hilly terrain, If your in northern California, it's
> hard to get to So Cal without a lot of elevation, and luck. I'd love to do
> Mt. Diablo (3800') but it's useless on 6,2, and 432. (When you have
> watt-meter measurable amounts of RF coming down your coax, it's a bad
> sign.....) We where on Mt. Vaca and the upper end of 2m (for fm simplex
> talking and contacts) was useless. We only got 214 contacts or so, and that
> was with moderate antennas and feed line.
>
> Trevor KG6MDW (Operating as W6SN during Jan Contest)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vhfcontesting-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:vhfcontesting-bounces@contesting.com]On Behalf Of frank
> bechdoldt
> Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 10:35 PM
> To: VHFcontesting@contesting.com
> Subject: [VHFcontesting] group roving
>
>
>
> I checked out the group's page from California. I have been critical of
> circling but I commend them for making 400 random qsos this year, I would
> of thought their points would of been higher though. 400 seems low for
> California, is there much activity down there? I have considered running
> from Mt Diablo north to the Northwest, but maybe not if the activity is
> low. Maybe its antenna restrictions in California?
>
> Was turn out down nationwide because of football. It seemed so in the
> pacific northwest
>
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