Cool!
I would go with 146.55 or 146.49 for 2m. 146.52 is, of course, off
limits in contesting...
223.5
and
446.0
73
Dan
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Les Rayburn wrote:
> In an effort to promote VHF contesting, the use of simplex for emergencies,
> and provide a fun activity, I'm planning to encourage Alabama ARES to
> conduct a "Simplex Test" on June 13th, sometime late in the afternoon for a
> two hour period. Objective will be to allow stations to gauge the range of
> their stations using simplex, encourage contacts with contest operators to
> show them what's possible, and stimulate interest in VHF/UHF operations
> beyond just the repeaters.
>
> Some questions:
>
> 1. What frequencies would you recommend for 2 Meters, 222, and 432?
> 2. Exchange is grid squares obviously. I plan to use this to educate folks
> about antenna polarization issues, and will also encourage some hill-top
> operations to extend the range. I tried this last year, and many stations
> were excited to work some of the "big gun" contesters at distances of 60
> miles or more.
> 3. Any suggestions on how to make this a better experience for the FM
> operators and hopefully move them into weak signal modes?
> 4. Any suggestions on how to make this more of a learning tool for emergency
> operations?
>
> I plan to monitor the suggested simplex frequencies all day from my rover
> vehicle using a high gain vertically polarized antenna. Obviously most
> contest stations won't be able to change their polarity that easily, but
> still long range contacts (for FM) should be possible during the event.
>
> Any other suggestions welcome.
>
> 73,
>
> Les Rayburn, N1LF
> EM63nf
> 121 Mayfair Park
> Maylene, AL 35114
>
>
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