Speaking of bandscopes, does someone know of a fairly small, low power
way
of implementing a bandscope? I'm mainly interested in a bandscope for
microwave transverters with a 144 MHz IF. This operation is usually
from
hilltops and running off battery power, which I need to conserve as
much as
I can. I do have a Softrock Ensemble II VHF for 144 MHz to use as a
microwave IF monitor but it's a lot to carry around. I need to use an
external soundcard with it (if I want more than 48 kHz of bandwidth). I
did
the mod to my FT817 per W1GHZ but I'm not very happy with that, either.
Maybe I need a better SDR for that than a cheap $10 dongle.
73, Zack W9SZ
On Fri, Aug 24, 2018 at 11:04 AM Alex <alex@kr1st.com> wrote:
On 2018-08-23 15:36, JamesDuffey wrote:
> Also, move people up the bands you have when you work them on the
> lower bands. Before you move, though, always ask if there are others
> on frequency who need to work you.
This point bears repeating. I often find rovers at the tail end of a
contact. I see them popping up on the bandscope, tune to the signal
only
to hear that they are moving to another band. It often happens that I
get no reply when I call immediately after the Q ended. Perhaps it's
because they are afraid that they are keeping the other station
waiting
on the other band. If I'm lucky and caught the new frequency I will
will
go there if I have the capability. If they are moving to a band I
don't
have have (still building, only 6 and 2 for now), then I lost the the
opportunity.
I have tremendous respect for rovers, and I get great enjoyment out of
working them, especially when I can work them in multiple grids. My
wife
and I roved a few times, and that was in an area where there are
hardly
even any fixed stations (SC) to work. It's a lot of work. What we
enjoyed most were the visits from folks who we just worked and drove
up
to see our setup. Even the visits from the local authorities were
pleasant. This was one of our attempts to create some interest in weak
signal operations in an area where there was virtually none.
I also enjoy reading the post-op rover stories, especially in blog
format with lots of pictures. So please post those if you can. We
never
did that ourselves, unfortunately.
73,
--Alex KR1ST (FN21fk)
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