[roc-chat] Re: Amateur radio at rocstock
- From: Peter Grace <pcg@xxxxxxx>
- To: Unknown <roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 14:21:52 -0700
Rick,
Congratulations on your certification.
I hope you learn something from high desert hams.
73 de AI6PG
On May 20, 2013 1:24 PM, <rtd@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> And, I'm now back from vacation. (Cancun was awesome, thanks for asking.
> I'm now PADI certified as an Open Water scuba diver, and have an
> underwater housing for one of my cameras, which should both come in
> reeeeeeal handy out on the lake bed....)
>
> In any case, I need to request the help and expertise of the ROC Ham
> Community(tm). I was originally given those frequencies by Leslie Seiders,
> but I, too, have never heard a peep on either one while monitoring from the
> lake bed. I have heard a rumour (as of now unsubstantiated) that the
> repeater in question suffered a lightning strike at some point, and is down
> for the count. However, I don't know of a better repeater or simplex
> frequency to recommend that ROC hams use to contact one another.
>
> To keep things simple, perhaps we ought to do a bit of testing on-site at
> ROCstock, and update the page to list *just* a single repeater that we're
> able to verify is reachable from the lake bed, so that everyone will be
> able to monitor and use a single frequency to contact each other. Less
> confusion, and more likely to result in successful contacts as people drive
> to and from the lake bed, as well.
>
> Are there any high desert hams here who could help steer us to a good
> solution?
>
> Thanks,
>
> - Rick Dickinson
>
>
>
> On 2013-05-15 09:48, Allen Farrington wrote:
>
>> Rick Dickinson handles that page on the website and he's on vacation
>> right now.
>> Allen
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------**------------------------------**
>> ------------------------------**-----
>> Allen H. Farrington - L3
>> ROC Director and Secretary
>> NAR 73474, Tripoli 12280
>> K6AHF
>> http://www.allenfarrington.org [1]
>>
>> On May 15, 2013, at 9:45 AM, Peter Grace <pcg@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> At the May 11th club launch I tried calling on 146.535 and on 146.940(-
>>> 0.6/pl 91.5)
>>>
>>> Nothing heard. No activity on those frequencies was heard either.
>>>
>>> Is the info on the club website still accurate?
>>>
>>> What will be used at Rocstock 37?
>>>
>>> 73 de AI6PG Peter DM04pg
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Links:
>> ------
>> [1] http://www.allenfarrington.org
>>
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