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Title: JA AM Post by: Barrie on May 08, 2009, 09:35:25 PM I've contacted Tim, JR3TVH regarding his desire to work NA on 40M AM.
I'm more than willing to give it a try from here in Montana. I've got a fair amount of power, and I'm on the side of a mountain with a good shot to JA. He wants to sked at 12:00Z. Looking at a grayline map, he will be in daylight at that time, and so will I. If we were to sked at 10:00, or 11:00Z, we'd both be in grayline. I would think that we'd have a better chance at those earlier hours. What say the learned group? 73, Barrie, W7ALW Title: Re: JA AM Post by: Tom WA3KLR on May 08, 2009, 10:04:09 PM Barrie,
For your QTH, my propagation program came up with: 1230 - 1330 Zulu for 40 meters, 26 dB S/N ratio, 8 degrees elevation (ouch), (3) F2 hops. Title: Re: JA AM Post by: N3DRB The Derb on May 08, 2009, 10:15:59 PM 8 degrees as in takeoff angle of the dangle? That's pretty low. :-\
Title: Re: JA AM Post by: Barrie on May 09, 2009, 10:39:35 AM Thanks for the info.
Doesn't look too promising, especially since he's only running 50 watts. I do remember working Japan when I was a kid, in the early 1950s, with my 25 watts, on CW. 73, Barrie, W7ALW Title: Re: JA AM Post by: ve6pg on May 09, 2009, 01:38:21 PM ..barrie..i'm guessing we will hafta wait...IF we ever get some gud prop, 10m will a walk in the park....i live in ve3-land now, but when i was in ve6, (calgary), ya had to beat those guys off with a stick.... AMfone - Dedicated to Amplitude Modulation on the Amateur Radio Bands
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