Hants
Hard Core 4+
Kidlettes intervened. 
I'll try again in a couple of weeks (out of town next week).
I'll try again in a couple of weeks (out of town next week).
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- Thread starter nakman
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I hit all the simplex and repeaters I could remember on the way home last night...nothing...finally heard a little on 145.145 when I got home. On the way to work I kept trying for a radio check on 145.145 but never got a reply, even when there were definitely people there...and I checked I was at full power, could hear just fine.....
MDH33
Hard Core 4+
Are you sure you have the offset/tone/enc and all that jive programmed in properly?
DaveInDenver
Rising Sun Ham Guru
I was scanning repeaters last night and never heard him either. I didn't hear the 146.460 calls, but because I sit in a radio hole w.r.t Broomfield I never hear them anyway. I need to get an antenna up on the outside of the house one of these years.
Doubtful. tried to plug and play like I did with my handheld and my 2800.
might need a quick tutor.....
MDH33
Hard Core 4+
I've been wanting to make an antenna and set up a base station as well. I usually get great reception up here, even with my mag mount and mobile in the driveway. Homebrew J-Pole building party maybe?
DaveInDenver
Rising Sun Ham Guru
I'm down, I was thinking of just a plain old 1/2 monopole. Basically a copper or aluminum tubing version of the homebrew mobile that W0IIN has helped make.
Anyone else monitoring?
Hants
Hard Core 4+
Nope... working.
rover67
Rising Sun Member
nope. I need to put an antenna on the roof so I don't have to go out to the truck to play on the radio..
DaveInDenver
Rising Sun Ham Guru
KD0DHH, wanna try 20m tonight? How's about around 14.285MHz USB at 2100 MDT?
I'd love to Dave but I don't have the tuner hooked up and I am watching the 24 finale with the
I need to send my face plate for service and will be on the air after that.
Thanks for thinking of me; I love the 857d set up.
DaveInDenver
Rising Sun Ham Guru
No problem, next time! Maybe by next Monday I will be operating QRP from a random wire matched with an Elecraft T1 ATU that is currently but 6 bags of parts and a 20 page instruction booklet... I called you a few times before I figured out no one was listening. I did not have much luck making any contacts tonight, although there was a nice strong station from the coast of Alaska I was reading between a strong S9 up to 10 over that I wanted to work but he was busy with other QSOs.I'd love to Dave but I don't have the tuner hooked up and I am watching the 24 finale with the
I need to send my face plate for service and will be on the air after that.
Thanks for thinking of me; I love the 857d set up.
LXBRADY
Hard Core 4+
DaveInDenver
Rising Sun Ham Guru
Do you really want an explanation?Huh?????
LXBRADY
Hard Core 4+
Absolutely not and I believe I am not alone. 
Sounds like fun. I will be in Moscow with access to an HF rig next Monday but that is too far for a contact.
DaveInDenver
Rising Sun Ham Guru
We could try something like 10m or 6m to see what happens, might get very, very lucky with auroral propagation. Having beams would be nice but all I have to work with are verticals at the moment other than a portable dipole for 10m. This is the time of year when weird ionospheric stuff happens, though.
http://hfradio.org/fot_2.html
http://www.spacew.com/www/fof2.html
So at 2100MDT, e.g. 0300GMT, looks like right now MUF changes between 8MHz to 13MHz at I guess sunrise in eastern Europe, so we could try 40m and 20m. If I'm not mistaken Moscow +3GMT, so our mid evening should be early morning for you there. Could also try IRLP if you have access to a node there.
That's too bad, it's interesting.FJBRADY said:
Groucho
Rising Sun Ham Guru
Most times when I would be driving to work on Saturday mornings I had a blast talking to that area. About 1200-1400GMT on 20M.
10M is dead, unless, like you say, you are very lucky. Check the beacons. If you can't hear them, then you might not even try.
40M might work, but it would be about 0000-0200GMT.
10M is dead, unless, like you say, you are very lucky. Check the beacons. If you can't hear them, then you might not even try.
40M might work, but it would be about 0000-0200GMT.