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440-27 for this, the results were gratifying, have copied SSTV from MIR worked AO-10, AO-27, FO-20, FO-29 have not worked the russian satellites as my 10 meter antenna is down, I worked UR5LX Sarge on Tuesday evening via AO-10 signals were 57 with the satellite about 40,000 Km out.
For HF I scrounged an idea from Gary VE7AS re the small antenna and made a dipole with two 20 meter Hamsticks, got 1:1.5 SWR, copied good signals from back east on 14.230 and copied SSTV, will be copying some packet, RTTY and later maybe AMTOR and PACTOR.
73 Peter. VE7AHX.
This from Old Orange:
Six Meters… I've discovered six with the gentle prodding of El Presidente, who hangs out on 50.125 listening for the elusive E layer openings in Spring and Early summer. I actually got things going last summer at the tail end of the sporadic E season. My first try for an antenna was a one wavelength rectangular loop (2:1 aspect ratio gives 50 ohms at the centre of the bottom) made out 3/8" copper pipe. It worked especially well on local baby monitors, cordless phones and computer noise from the shack. It was however a significant improvement over using my R-7 h.f. antenna, which for some reason loaded up tolerably well. Next came a 3 element yagi up on the tower, fixed in position, pointed SE. Most of the skip stuff comes from the SE. With that set up I managed to work some 40 or so grid squares from Alaska to New Mexico. The trick, of course, is to be at the rig when the band is open. Some of the openings are as short as a few seconds, and some as long as many hours. The footprint of the path can be quite narrow (guys on the island could be in the path while vancouver isn't and visa-versa). So, how to know what's going on without sitting in the basement all day? Simple says Orange. I bought a Fisher-Price Baby Monitor. The transmitter end sat in front of the speaker of the 6 meter rig which was tuned to 50.125 usb. The receiver, which can be battery operated or not, was wherever I was around the house. You can be working in the garden and still be glued to 50.125. I caught lots of openings that I otherwise would have missed that way. I now have a small rotator that I hope to get under the yagi in time for this spring. Those who know tell me that there should be some F layer stuff this year, so as they say, sky's the limit. I wouldn't be surprised to hear some packet stuff as the band heats up.
Packet Radio Frequencies In Use In The Vancouver Area, Feb. 1999.
Packet Radio Frequencies In Use In The Vancouver Area Feb. 1999.
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Frequency Baud BBS/Node Notes
144.390 1200 VE7AS+others APRS Simplex Frequency
144.410 9600 VE7RGP-4 X1J Node "RGP96" (SaltSpring Island)
VE7VBS FBB Mail Forwarding (some users)
VE7SRY FBB Mail Forwarding (some users)
VE7IHL TNOS TCP/IP Linux BBS
144.430 1200 VE7KIT TPK access to VE7KIT (Whonnock)
144.450 1200 VE7TPH-3 TPARC Rose Network Switch (Hope - Dog Mountain)
144.470 1200 VE7TPC-3 TPARC Rose Network Switch (Chilliwack - Ryder Lake)
144.490 1200 VE7TPS-3 TPARC Rose Network Switch (Duncan - Mt. Sicker)
144.930+ 1200 VE7CQD Packet Cluster (Whonock)
VE7HNY-3 TPARC ROSE Network Switch (Haney)
144.970 1200 VE7IHL TNOS TCP/IP Linux BBS User Port (Delta)
VE7JTS TCP/IP TPARC Server (Richmond)
VE7SPR-8 X1J Node "SPR" (SaltSpring Island)
144.990 1200 K7SKW MSYS BBS User port - Ferndale, WA
145.010 1200 VE7NSR FBB BBS User Port (N. Vancouver)
VE7UBC FBB BBS User Port (UBC Area)
145.030 1200 ?? Unknown
145.050+ 1200 VE7TPV-3 TPARC ROSE Network Switch (Victoria - Smith Hill)
145.070+ 1200 VE7KIT TPK access to VE7KIT BBS
VE7LAN VAPO Packet Repeater - Mtn. Seymour
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