[VHFcontesting] Re: For you 432 experts......PROBLEM SOLVED THANKS

[David Olean]

Those wireless weather styations use 433 MHz! They are BUMS!

73
Dave K1WHS
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Hinton" <ke4yyd at gtcom.net>
To: <wsvhf at mailman.qth.net>; <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>;
<vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu>
Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2004 3:10 AM
Subject: [VHFcontesting] Re: For you 432 experts......PROBLEM SOLVED THANKS


> Several of you suggested things that got me looking at outside
interference.
> With a little trial and error I discovered about 3 S units of constant
noise
> with the outboard preamp on (but no S units with it off but audible to the
> ear).  The noise was traced to my WIRELESS WEATHER STATION.  I am now
hoping
> that was the problem and now waiting for some poor lonely soul to come up
on
> 432.100 for a test.
>
> The weather station has no effect on 2 meters.
>
> Thanks everyone for your help.   Several other suggestions for station
> improvement will be looked at also.
>
> David
> KE4YYD
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Hinton" <ke4yyd at gtcom.net>
> To: <wsvhf at mailman.qth.net>; <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>;
> <vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu>
> Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2004 3:09 PM
> Subject: For you 432 experts......
>
>
> > I have had poor results with 432 in contests.   My station is a TS-2000
> with
> > a M2 18 element yagi mounted at 25 feet with a 30 foot run 9913 coax.
For
> > several contests, while running barefoot, I was told by many that they
> could
> > hear me 5x5 yet I was unable to hear them.  Thinking the receive was
poor
> I
> > purchase a TE Systems 4412 amp with a rx preamp.  This seemed to help a
> > little but was still having folks say they could hear me with my 100
watts
> > but I was still unable to hear them.  I then hooked up my Icom 820 and
> gave
> > it a try with the same results.
> >
> > In a properly operating system where both stations have equal power a
> > station should be hearing transmitting and receiving equally.  Anyone
have
> > any suggestions why I am being heard well but not receiving well?????
> >
> > David
> > KE4YYD
> >
> >
>
>
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