[Fourlanders] Sept vhf plans on the mountain

[Bill Pence]

you are not the short puller. Kos is out of town this time.

we can do 1296. I thik we enter unlimited anyway...

I don't think the fpga is in dnger from the various RF. was that the
failure before?
I thought it was voltage reg?



On Wed, Aug 1, 2018 at 4:07 PM Johnny <johnnykludt at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Bill,
>
> Am I the "puller short"?  If so, I can probably pull something but not
> Great White.
>
> As far as bands go, if it suits the team, I can get us on 1296 with 150
> watts.  That would throw us into unlimited which we may or may not want to
> do.  I don't like the idea of going to all of the work to set up 1296 and
> the not report it.  Seems a real waste of time and energy.  What is the
> utility of 1296 on the mountain?
>
> Having said that, to me doing the same thing every time with the only
> variable being propagation over which we have no control can get rather
> boring. We will have new rigs for 2m and 6m.  Which 6m rig depends a bit on
> the decision on 1296.  If we do 1296 I will use the Flex 6700 as it would
> double as the IF for the 1296 band.  If the decision is that 1296 is more
> trouble than it is worth I will base 6m on the IC 7300.
>
> Some of the other things to consider with 1296 include where to place the
> antennas and the feedlines to be used.  At 1296 every 30 feet of LMR 600
> costs us 1dB so we are back into 7/8 or larger Hardline.  Bob says we have
> lots of Hardline laying around.  As far antennas go my current thought is
> 2, 45 element loopers.  Given previous adventures I am a little sensitive
> to close by kw stations.  A FPGA is not cheap to replace!
>
> Which brings up a whine of mine - why do we run a kw other than we can?
> Do we have an agreement to run 600 to 700 watts output unless we get into a
> situation where we are clearly hearing people who are not hearing us?
> Given the geography on the mountain the extra power probably just makes
> problems for us to little benefit.
>
> Anyway, please advise.
>
> Johnny
>
> *Sent from my Verizon Motorola Smartphone*
> On Aug 1, 2018 10:06 AM, Bill Pence <pence.bill at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Greetings all.
> I hope this email finds you well.
>
> we need to begin making preparations for the trip to the mountain for the
> September contest.
> Please reply so I can know who is able to attend and pull.
> we are currently down one pulling vehicle so we are looking to substitute
> and make sure that we have all the trailers covered.
>
> please reply back to me if you're able to attend and what the timing will
> be so we can begin planning pullers and meals.
>
> as usual we'll meet at Bob's Friday morning and pull out from there
> stopping at Subway before the final pull to the top of the mountain.
> Then we'll break down and head back Monday arriving back at Bob's Monday
> afternoon.
>
> Currently will have the  bottom 4 bands (6 to 2 222 and 432) on the air
> from Soco Bald at Mile high campground.
>
> Thanks and hope to see you in September on the mountain.
>
> KI4US
> bill
>
>
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