Thanks Cathy. In my view, 10 meters makes lots of sense. By next week I hope
to have some additional 10 meter antennas up in the air to see how things work.
Alan
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On Aug 10, 2020, at 9:55 AM, Cathy James <catherine.james@xxxxxxx> wrote:
The 10-meter Central Vermont net was held on 28.45 MHz at 7 PM last night.
Check-ins included KB1ZSQ and N1FMP, with NQ1B acting as net control.
Jim KB1ZSQ had difficult copy due to S5 background noise, but he was able to
copy NQ1B running 400 watts to a hexbeam point toward him, and had easy copy
on Ed N1FMP. NQ1B was easily able to copy KB1ZSQ's 70 watts.
Ed N1FMP put up a new 10-meter dipole, which dramatically improved his noise
floor and made it easy for NQ1B to copy his transmissions. He can now easily
copy NQ1B running 100 watts, unlike last week, when he could not copy 400
watts.
N1FMP and KB1ZSQ were easily able to copy each other.
The net was brief due to other commitments by the participating operators.
We are finding that 10-meters is an easy band on which to make local
contacts, but the right antenna really helps. Fortunately, a 10-meter dipole
works very well, and is only about 16 feet long. A 16-foot wire at 20 feet
is a great antenna to have available for 10-meter work!
We will meet again next Sunday at 7 PM on 28.45 MHz. Please join us.
73,
Cathy James NQ1B
