monday nights @ 21:00

[DaveInDenver]

the HT seems to do a little better than the rig in the truck, depending on where I am, which is completely backwards.. but I can't hit a repeater from the truck in the driveway now. I have no idea what could have changed

Stuff like that sound the klaxon horn: broken coax, corrosion on mounts, broken connectors, rust under grounds, etc.

 

[wesintl]

I was listening too, talked to Wes & Ken briefly.. but have to tell you reception for me is terrible lately. the HT seems to do a little better than the rig in the truck, depending on where I am, which is completely backwards.. but I can't hit a repeater from the truck in the driveway now. I have no idea what could have changed, other than the ionosphere is different in the summer? I swear last winter it felt like I could hit Kansas on simplex, now I'm in a black hole.

Just the radio waves telling you to put up a repeater on nak hill

 

[nakman]

Stuff like that sound the klaxon horn: broken coax, corrosion on mounts, broken connectors, rust under grounds, etc.

I have checked my antenna connections, and don't see any issues. I can drive down the hill, and hit any repeater I want. I go on runs that last for an entire weekend, and talk all day- simplex, repeaters, you name it. Then I get home and it's like I don't even have an antenna..

Next step is rip it all out, then mount the antenna elsewhere, maybe the radio too, and hope I uncover something.

 

[DaveInDenver]

I have checked my antenna connections, and don't see any issues. I can drive down the hill, and hit any repeater I want. I go on runs that last for an entire weekend, and talk all day- simplex, repeaters, you name it. Then I get home and it's like I don't even have an antenna..

Oh, so it truly is localized. In that case, I like Wes' idea. You have some weird X Files anomaly and only the Nakpeater can solve it. But remember line of sight, trees included. It's summer, stuff is leafed out and vegetation is a great absorber of RF energy. In the winter you might have had a better view of the repeaters.

 

[Convert]

Anyone checking in tonight?

 

[Shark Bait]

I've got to figure out how to tie in with you guys somehow. I'm in NYC this week. Didn't bring my radio though.

 

[Uncle Ben]

I waslistening and didn't hear anyone. Little late (9:10PM or so). Thought I missed you, Kev.

I blew past the time! Bummed me out! I had the HT with me and everything. Was actually at Harry's Cafe de Wheels about that time just goofin' off and on a harbor walk about. I did hit the 'peader at 3 (11pm denver time) and no one was on. Think it was Sid you answered my hail. It seemed to work easily and clearly but I missed my mark. Sorry mates! I was pretty eager to try it too!

 

[wesintl]

just tell us a time and I'll hop on. doesn't have to be 2100 on monday

11pm is usually better for me anyway.

 

[Shark Bait]

Man, oh man. Yakety yak tonight. The 145 is finally clear!

 

[wesintl]

ah I totally forgot about it.

 

[corsair23]

Hmmm...I listened in for awhile but all I heard was some old guys rag chewing about some electrical equipment on 145. I think I heard Ricardo on .460 calling Nakman early on but that was it...

 

[RicardoJM]

Yup, the repeater was in use right at 9:00 so I put a call out for Tim on simplex (146.460). After seeing Chris's post I jumped on about 9:38 put out a monitoring call but found no takers.

 

[Shark Bait]

I heard you call. tried to respond, but realized too late I didn't have my radio set right. By the time I came back you were gone.

 

[Mendocino]

So, I'm in Sydney at the moment and am supposed to be on my way to Perth. Upon arrival in Sydney I learned that my bag was still at SFO as was the HT I was planning to use to connect to the Perth IRLP link repeater to join the Monday night ragchew.

Oh well. I missed my Perth connection while I filled out a "delayed baggage" report. Due to my schedule I will be lucky to see my bag when I return to Sydney. I guess I get to go shopping.

 

[nakman]

After a brief investigation at the Rally, turns out I may have a bad coax. So I'll be on the HT tonight though, barring any unforeseen forgetfulness...

 

[Groucho]

I had to send my FT-857D to Vertex Standard (Amateur Division of Yaesu in Cali) for service. No radio tonight. My HT's batteries are all dead after loaning it out to BajaBen for the GTR, and my FT-2800 is in the garage, no power.

Hope there are a couple peopl on tonight. See you all next week!

 

[bvb]

Anyone going to be on tonight? I'm trying to get home to listen in!

 

[nakman]

Yeah, I'll be there. I've got some new gear to test out, so hope to be clearer tonight than in weeks past..

 

[wesintl]

you sounded really clear. Esp on simplex from up there. There were a few times you were real scratchy.

Now i need to figure out why my tones aren't being set for each frequency. I seem to have a global tone setting right now

 

[Mendocino]

That was really cool on simplex tonight. I took Tim and Wes' addresses from the member roster and entered them along with my own in Google Earth. It is about 29 miles from my place to Tim's and we could communicate. I was on my HT at 5 watts with the external antenna on the 40! This was most impressive.

If you want me to post the KML in the Members section I will so you can have a look.