Hello All,
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This Thursday for the 10 meter 'Gallatin Valley' Net, net control will conduct the net on Split Mode.? Net control will transmit on 28.355 but will be listening/taking checkins, up 5 (28.360).? I thought I would give you all a heads up so you can learn how to put your radio in split mode before the net.? Should be a fun exercise!? Hope to hear you on the net, Thursday @7:00 local time.? 28.355 listening up 5 kHz.
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Stacy KK7CJV
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??Evening all,?
Just a reminder that the membership fee to participate in the Gallatin Ham Radio Club during 2025 is due again as the club operates on a calendar year. ?Individual membership is $20 and a family membership is $25.?
Dues can be paid: 1. Directly through the GHRC website () via PayPal.? On the site you will also find links to contribute to the ERA and MRLA repeater networks.? ? 2. Mailing a check to:
GHRC, PO Box 4381, Bozeman, MT 59772
3. In person at the February meeting.? Meetings begin at 19:00 [7 pm] on the first Thursday of each month. Meetings are held at the Gallatin County Search & Rescue building?at the County Fairgrounds —
219 E. Tamarack Street, Bozeman, MT
Hope to see you in February!?
73, Sue KK7RYG
PS- Don’t forget about Winter Field Day this coming weekend. See Jan 18th email from Spencer KJ7SSS for details. ? -- Enjoy the day! Sue D. KK7RYG
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Reminder: 88 repeater net
When:
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
8:00pm to 9:00pm
(UTC-07:00) America/Denver
Where:
146.88- 100Hz
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Description:
Tuesday night repeater net
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Re: Winter Field Day 2025
Hi Spencer,
Swing by our house on your way out and we will hook you up with some firewood.
73, Eric KE7NLU
On Saturday, January 18th, 2025 at 12:24 PM, Spencer KJ7SSS via groups.io <spencershuman@...> wrote:
Good afternoon everyone,
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I will be participating in Winter Field Day next weekend, and would like to invite anyone who would like to join. The official times are from 12pm, 1/25, to 12pm 1/26. We will be at the Headwaters State Park in the campground (coordinates: 45.918049, -111.501884), and I plan on getting to Headwaters around noon on Friday (1/24).
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I have a canvas wall tent with a stove and plan on camping out each night. Unfortunately, I just sold off all of my split firewood, so if anyone has some that I could purchase from you, I would be very grateful!!
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My plan is to try and get contacts on as many bands and modes as possible, so if you have ever been interested in any of those wacky modes, or want to experiment, now's the time!
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Just as a heads up, there is currently quite a bit of snow in the campground. Depending on what the weather does the rest of this week, be prepared to park at or near the campground gate and walk in a couple hundred yards. I'll bring a cart or a sled.
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If you have any questions, feel free to reach out, and I hope to see you next weekend!
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Spencer - KJ7SSS
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Good afternoon everyone,
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I will be participating in Winter Field Day next weekend, and would like to invite anyone who would like to join. The official times are from 12pm, 1/25, to 12pm 1/26. We will be at the Headwaters State Park in the campground (coordinates: 45.918049, -111.501884), and I plan on getting to Headwaters around noon on Friday (1/24).
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I have a canvas wall tent with a stove and plan on camping out each night. Unfortunately, I just sold off all of my split firewood, so if anyone has some that I could purchase from you, I would be very grateful!!
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My plan is to try and get contacts on as many bands and modes as possible, so if you have ever been interested in any of those wacky modes, or want to experiment, now's the time!
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Just as a heads up, there is currently quite a bit of snow in the campground. Depending on what the weather does the rest of this week, be prepared to park at or near the campground gate and walk in a couple hundred yards. I'll bring a cart or a sled.
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If you have any questions, feel free to reach out, and I hope to see you next weekend!
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Spencer - KJ7SSS
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Good day everyone Dennis W7DVN here I have a Heathkit hw101 and it needs a new home comes with speaker and microphone.? It needs a new Drive preselactor. I don’t have time or the place (space) to repair it?
I live in Big sky (canyon) I’m wanting to give it to someone who will fix and use it for free this radio needs a loving Amateur Radio operator to adopt it and give it a new home? 406 580 zero zero thirty four
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On Jan 17, 2025, at 12:51?PM, Lee k7nm via groups.io <leejudybarrett@...> wrote:
? I listened in UT but no joy. ?Did hear an AZ station at S7 up the band a little. ?Will try again in the future. ?73!
Lee - K7NM On Jan 17, 2025, at 9:28?AM, Carol KA7ROL via groups.io <flaherty.66@...> wrote:
? Result at the Flaherty house during 1/16/2025 7:00 p.m. local time on 28.355+/- for 10 meter net.
Eton Elite Executive radio did not receive, unlike last week's performance.
Yaesu FT-891, used for POTA, was used for this meeting indoors with ATAS 120 antenna.?
Antenna was grounded by copper stake outdoors.
CONS: Weak signal and poor intelligibility.
PROS:? Re-learned how to change from LSB to USB (this time, I saved my notes!) and learned for first time how to change from enabled FM to disabled FM.
In sum, an excellent learning experience!
Thank you, Stacy and Eric, for scheduling this.
Carol B Flaherty KA7ROL and Patrick M Flaherty KK7KGP
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I listened in UT but no joy. ?Did hear an AZ station at S7 up the band a little. ?Will try again in the future. ?73!
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On Jan 17, 2025, at 9:28?AM, Carol KA7ROL via groups.io <flaherty.66@...> wrote:
? Result at the Flaherty house during 1/16/2025 7:00 p.m. local time on 28.355+/- for 10 meter net.
Eton Elite Executive radio did not receive, unlike last week's performance.
Yaesu FT-891, used for POTA, was used for this meeting indoors with ATAS 120 antenna.?
Antenna was grounded by copper stake outdoors.
CONS: Weak signal and poor intelligibility.
PROS:? Re-learned how to change from LSB to USB (this time, I saved my notes!) and learned for first time how to change from enabled FM to disabled FM.
In sum, an excellent learning experience!
Thank you, Stacy and Eric, for scheduling this.
Carol B Flaherty KA7ROL and Patrick M Flaherty KK7KGP
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Result at the Flaherty house during 1/16/2025 7:00 p.m. local time on 28.355+/- for 10 meter net.
Eton Elite Executive radio did not receive, unlike last week's performance.
Yaesu FT-891, used for POTA, was used for this meeting indoors with ATAS 120 antenna.?
Antenna was grounded by copper stake outdoors.
CONS: Weak signal and poor intelligibility.
PROS:? Re-learned how to change from LSB to USB (this time, I saved my notes!) and learned for first time how to change from enabled FM to disabled FM.
In sum, an excellent learning experience!
Thank you, Stacy and Eric, for scheduling this.
Carol B Flaherty KA7ROL and Patrick M Flaherty KK7KGP
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Re: MSU ham radio net meetings as of January 2025
My impression is that Caroline and Mark (the only MSU students, it?appears, that are interested in Net Control) need to meet and make date/time/frequency decisions. My impression is that their station, W7YB, may be functional or may not be functional this semester.? My guess: 50-50. Carol P.S. Pat and I will set up our Yaesu FT-891 in the house and grounded outside the house for the Thursday?Net at 7:00 p.m. (receive and, hopefully, transmit). We will also keep the Eton running. We will participate for about an hour!?
On Wed, Jan 15, 2025 at 1:20?PM Stacy KK7CJV via <stroscoe2001= [email protected]> wrote: Carol KA7ROL,
Great news.? This weekend I was putting together a Field Manual and was constructing a page for all the local Gallatin Valley Repeaters.? I saw the 447.70 and tested it out this weekend to check if it was still operational, to my surprise it was.?
Can you find out what time they are conducting the Monday net on 447.700?? That way we can post the info on the page and Facebook.? So others in the valley can test out their antennas and equipment on the 70cm band net.?
On Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 12:05:08 PM GMT-7, Carol KA7ROL via <flaherty.66= [email protected]> wrote:
W7YB is still in operation, although on a sporadic basis. Only Mark and I are actively involved at this point, and I was unable to do much with the club or the station last semester. Mark, however, was running a Monday night net on 447.7 repeater. At this point, I'm not sure what we're planning to do (nets, meetings, etc.) this semester -- hopefully Mark and I will have a chance to talk about that and get it figured out before too long. When we do, I will let you know. Best, Caroline KI7AJB
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Carol B Flaherty KA7ROL
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Re: MSU ham radio net meetings as of January 2025
Carol KA7ROL,
Great news.? This weekend I was putting together a Field Manual and was constructing a page for all the local Gallatin Valley Repeaters.? I saw the 447.70 and tested it out this weekend to check if it was still operational, to my surprise it was.?
Can you find out what time they are conducting the Monday net on 447.700?? That way we can post the info on the groups.io page and Facebook.? So others in the valley can test out their antennas and equipment on the 70cm band net.?
On Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 12:05:08 PM GMT-7, Carol KA7ROL via groups.io <flaherty.66@...> wrote:
W7YB is still in operation, although on a sporadic basis. Only Mark and I are actively involved at this point, and I was unable to do much with the club or the station last semester. Mark, however, was running a Monday night net on 447.7 repeater. At this point, I'm not sure what we're planning to do (nets, meetings, etc.) this semester -- hopefully Mark and I will have a chance to talk about that and get it figured out before too long. When we do, I will let you know. Best, Caroline KI7AJB
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MSU ham radio net meetings as of January 2025
W7YB is still in operation, although on a sporadic basis. Only Mark and I are actively involved at this point, and I was unable to do much with the club or the station last semester. Mark, however, was running a Monday night net on 447.7 repeater. At this point, I'm not sure what we're planning to do (nets, meetings, etc.) this semester -- hopefully Mark and I will have a chance to talk about that and get it figured out before too long. When we do, I will let you know. Best, Caroline KI7AJB
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Jim,
Thank you for your great write-up!? I'm glad the 10 Meter Net has helped inspire you to play along and solve any issues on your station that have arose.? Others had never tried these modes with their particular radio so it has proven very beneficial to all ranges of hams at different expertise levels.? Thank you for joining in on the radio fun and hope to hear you on the air Thursday!
On Monday, January 13, 2025 at 08:37:50 PM GMT-7, Jim WA7MKN via groups.io <jim.drummond@...> wrote:
I thought I should share this with the group.??
A couple of years ago I switched from an older Kenwood HF to a new Icom 7300 which has many more bells, whistles and functions that I don't understand. I'm not very active and the past couple of months when I turned on the rig I have had trouble with SWR and
effective HF operations. I assumed that I had external tuner? component corrosion or an antenna problem. I use a G5RW dipole which is a hearty multiband antenna that takes up 103 feet between end mounts and is good for 6 to 80 meters with a good antenna tuner.
My "go to" external antenna tuner is an MFJ 948 which allowed me to load all bands on the G5RV with low SWR. When I bought the 7300, I also bought an ADG AT 100 auto tuner for a try.? The MFJ 948 manual tuner still significantly outperformed the ADG auto tuner,
so the ADG is sitting on a shelf.
The last couple of weeks I spent some of time checking? my antenna and feedlines so that I could get on 10 meters for your popup net, but the best forward power I could get was 10 watts out.? I could get up to 50 watts out on a couple of other bands, but I
have a 100-watt radio, and I knew I that had a problem.?
I went over my G5RV section by section, redid connectors and finally cleaned all the conductors and capacitors in the MFJ tuner. I still had low RF output and high SWR.? Finally I started looking at Utube videos about Icom IC 7300's. I have only had the radio
a couple of years, don't operate often and am not very familiar with all the quirks, so thank goodness for Utube. After a couple of videos I decided that I had bad final transistors that should be replaced. Apparently the Icom 7300 has a problem with failing
finals.??
Before I ordered 2 new transistors at $40 each or boxed up the radio to send to Icom for service, I thought it prudent to read the manual.? Low and behold, it had a brief paragraph instructing users to make sure that the internal antenna tuner (a feature on
a 7300)? is turned off before using an external antenna tuner.? Yup, my internal antenna tuner icon in the upper left corner of the display was "on" (apparently a default setting).? According to the manual, If the internal tuner is on and an external antenna
tuner is applied, they fight with each other.?
I turned the internal tuner off, went through all the bands tuning with the MFJ? 948 from 75 meters to 6 meters, and have 100 watts forward and SWR's of 1.1/1 on all bands.? I had a couple of nice contacts on 10 meters yesterday with good signal reports.?
Lessons that I learned:
-Read the manual first?
-The more I use a G5RV antenna with a tuner, the better I like it.?
-Having a local group of younger hams getting excited about ham radio can motivate an old guy to dust the cobwebs off the radio.? Thank you!
I hope to check in Thursday with 100 watts.? Jim WA7MKN
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I thought I should share this with the group.??
A couple of years ago I switched from an older Kenwood HF to a new Icom 7300 which has many more bells, whistles and functions that I don't understand. I'm not very active and the past couple of months when I turned on the rig I have had trouble with SWR and
effective HF operations. I assumed that I had external tuner? component corrosion or an antenna problem. I use a G5RW dipole which is a hearty multiband antenna that takes up 103 feet between end mounts and is good for 6 to 80 meters with a good antenna tuner.
My "go to" external antenna tuner is an MFJ 948 which allowed me to load all bands on the G5RV with low SWR. When I bought the 7300, I also bought an ADG AT 100 auto tuner for a try.? The MFJ 948 manual tuner still significantly outperformed the ADG auto tuner,
so the ADG is sitting on a shelf.
The last couple of weeks I spent some of time checking? my antenna and feedlines so that I could get on 10 meters for your popup net, but the best forward power I could get was 10 watts out.? I could get up to 50 watts out on a couple of other bands, but I
have a 100-watt radio, and I knew I that had a problem.?
I went over my G5RV section by section, redid connectors and finally cleaned all the conductors and capacitors in the MFJ tuner. I still had low RF output and high SWR.? Finally I started looking at Utube videos about Icom IC 7300's. I have only had the radio
a couple of years, don't operate often and am not very familiar with all the quirks, so thank goodness for Utube. After a couple of videos I decided that I had bad final transistors that should be replaced. Apparently the Icom 7300 has a problem with failing
finals.??
Before I ordered 2 new transistors at $40 each or boxed up the radio to send to Icom for service, I thought it prudent to read the manual.? Low and behold, it had a brief paragraph instructing users to make sure that the internal antenna tuner (a feature on
a 7300)? is turned off before using an external antenna tuner.? Yup, my internal antenna tuner icon in the upper left corner of the display was "on" (apparently a default setting).? According to the manual, If the internal tuner is on and an external antenna
tuner is applied, they fight with each other.?
I turned the internal tuner off, went through all the bands tuning with the MFJ? 948 from 75 meters to 6 meters, and have 100 watts forward and SWR's of 1.1/1 on all bands.? I had a couple of nice contacts on 10 meters yesterday with good signal reports.?
Lessons that I learned:
-Read the manual first?
-The more I use a G5RV antenna with a tuner, the better I like it.?
-Having a local group of younger hams getting excited about ham radio can motivate an old guy to dust the cobwebs off the radio.? Thank you!
I hope to check in Thursday with 100 watts.? Jim WA7MKN
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Reminder: 88 repeater net
When:
Tuesday, January 14, 2025
8:00pm to 9:00pm
(UTC-07:00) America/Denver
Where:
146.88- 100Hz
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Description:
Tuesday night repeater net
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Howdy,
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Troy, AF7HG here. I've been traveling quite a bit and find myself asking for a sub more than I'd like for the 88 net on the second Tuesday of the month. I've really enjoyed doing it for the past ten years or so but I feel it's time to pass the torch. ?Any takers? ?I will be unavailable ?this Tuesday, the 14th of January but can cover until we have a permanent replacement.?
Best Regards/73,
Troy
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Hi Stacy,
I just got back in town in Utah from Hamilton visiting my mother.? I will give a listen from here on 10m and see if I can hear the group. ?
73,
Lee Barrett - K7NM?
On Monday, January 13, 2025 at 11:23:25 AM MST, Stacy KK7CJV via groups.io <stroscoe2001@...> wrote:
Hello Everyone,
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From our Saturday morning coffee discussions and from the discussions here, it looks like we have plenty of interest to play with 10 meter.? This Thursday ( 1/16/25) @ 7:00 pm local time on 28.355+-, we will conduct a 10 meter net.? We will start on USB, where I will put together a list.? Then we will move modes to FM, to AM, then back to USB for discussion of all findings. I will conduct the net with the 4 element beam up 50'.? Now that I know Gus-WY7GUS and Wade-WA7YD will be playing, I will swing the beam your directions to try to pick you up and put you on the list.? Ronnie-hopefully your antenna will be done and up so you can play too!
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Again, this net is open to ALL currently licensed hams.? It is a great exercise to learn your radio, learn HF propagation and modes, and to learn emergency communications.? Hope to hear you on the air!
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Stacy KK7CJV
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Hello Everyone,
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From our Saturday morning coffee discussions and from the discussions here, it looks like we have plenty of interest to play with 10 meter.? This Thursday ( 1/16/25) @ 7:00 pm local time on 28.355+-, we will conduct a 10 meter net.? We will start on USB, where I will put together a list.? Then we will move modes to FM, to AM, then back to USB for discussion of all findings. I will conduct the net with the 4 element beam up 50'.? Now that I know Gus-WY7GUS and Wade-WA7YD will be playing, I will swing the beam your directions to try to pick you up and put you on the list.? Ronnie-hopefully your antenna will be done and up so you can play too!
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Again, this net is open to ALL currently licensed hams.? It is a great exercise to learn your radio, learn HF propagation and modes, and to learn emergency communications.? Hope to hear you on the air!
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Stacy KK7CJV
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I know Steve, KE1HO in Bozeman and I have used 40 meters to sucessfully communicate between his QTH and mine in West Yellowstone during daytime hours.?
10m was interesting today for me. Had a QSO with a station in Rigby, ID, 85 miles away which is the same distance I am from Bozeman. I am assuming groundwave since my QSO before was 5200 miles away to Chile.
Anyways, I am always ready to play HF if anyone wants to experiment.
Gus WY7GUS? West Yellowstone?
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-------- Original message -------- From: "Wayd wa7yd via groups.io" <waydwalker@...> Date: 1/11/25 15:53 (GMT-07:00) Subject: Re: [W7ED] 10 Meter Net
I would like to participate also, I was a day off last week and missed it.? Was all excited to play radio then realized it was already Friday ??
I have a beam at about 58 feet and a off center fed dipole to play with.
Have expieramented with local comms on 10 meters before with not great results.
There is a reason (other than power limitations) that CB has not been really useful. On Sat, Jan 11, 2025, 12:36?PM Ronnie ai7dk via <rlw.flyfish= [email protected]> wrote: Hey Stacy Let’s do this again.? I was not able to participate this time but would love to.? I am building a Cobwebb antenna which will be for 20, 17, 15, 12, and 10 meters. Will have it completed hopefully this next week and have it up.? In fact I would like to share some information at some point about HOA’s that the President of the HOA we live in talked to me about.? Others in the club may already know it but I was not aware of it.? Anyway - - hopefully we another type of activity again so I can play too.? Take care and CU soon. 73 Ronnie On Mon, Jan 6, 2025 at 2:01?PM Stacy KK7CJV via <stroscoe2001= [email protected]> wrote: Hello All,
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From coffee discussions, we have decided to conduct an impromptu 10 Meter simplex net this Thursday @ 7:00pm our local time.? The intention is to play with 10 meter, learning propagation and ground wave.? We did a little day time experiment, where Mickey(KK7NNE), Norm(KD7TQM), Ryan(KG7PWS), Jay(KK7WHW) and myself(KK7CJV) checked to see how well we were able to hear all stations.? Most stations in Belgrade were heard a solid 55, with Ryan winning signal strength at a 57.? Jay in the center of Bozeman was heard by some but not all out in Belgrade.? Jay had a signal of a 44 to my QTH.? I also was heard 59 in Michigan as Greg(W8VIJ) gave me the first signal report after asking if the frequency was in use.? I explained what we all locally were trying with 10 Meter and he kindly stepped to the side and listened as we conducted our quick experiment. ? NOW to experiment during no sunlight.?
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So join us while we all play radio and conduct a simple 10 Meter net @ 7:00pm around 28.355 +/-.? This is open to all hams--Technicians this means you can play too!? So come join us for some local HF fun!?
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73
Stacy KK7CJV
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I would like to participate also, I was a day off last week and missed it.? Was all excited to play radio then realized it was already Friday ??
I have a beam at about 58 feet and a off center fed dipole to play with.
Have expieramented with local comms on 10 meters before with not great results.
There is a reason (other than power limitations) that CB has not been really useful.
On Sat, Jan 11, 2025, 12:36?PM Ronnie ai7dk via <rlw.flyfish= [email protected]> wrote: Hey Stacy Let’s do this again.? I was not able to participate this time but would love to.? I am building a Cobwebb antenna which will be for 20, 17, 15, 12, and 10 meters. Will have it completed hopefully this next week and have it up.? In fact I would like to share some information at some point about HOA’s that the President of the HOA we live in talked to me about.? Others in the club may already know it but I was not aware of it.? Anyway - - hopefully we another type of activity again so I can play too.? Take care and CU soon. 73 Ronnie On Mon, Jan 6, 2025 at 2:01?PM Stacy KK7CJV via <stroscoe2001= [email protected]> wrote: Hello All,
?
From coffee discussions, we have decided to conduct an impromptu 10 Meter simplex net this Thursday @ 7:00pm our local time.? The intention is to play with 10 meter, learning propagation and ground wave.? We did a little day time experiment, where Mickey(KK7NNE), Norm(KD7TQM), Ryan(KG7PWS), Jay(KK7WHW) and myself(KK7CJV) checked to see how well we were able to hear all stations.? Most stations in Belgrade were heard a solid 55, with Ryan winning signal strength at a 57.? Jay in the center of Bozeman was heard by some but not all out in Belgrade.? Jay had a signal of a 44 to my QTH.? I also was heard 59 in Michigan as Greg(W8VIJ) gave me the first signal report after asking if the frequency was in use.? I explained what we all locally were trying with 10 Meter and he kindly stepped to the side and listened as we conducted our quick experiment. ? NOW to experiment during no sunlight.?
?
So join us while we all play radio and conduct a simple 10 Meter net @ 7:00pm around 28.355 +/-.? This is open to all hams--Technicians this means you can play too!? So come join us for some local HF fun!?
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73
Stacy KK7CJV
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Excellent- I’d be interested in HOA info as well. ?Perhaps we can even put some guidance on the website.?
Thanks!
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On Jan 11, 2025, at 12:50?PM, Jeff "Gus" KK7RUQ via groups.io <jeffreydavidparker@...> wrote:
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Ronnie,
Let me know when your HOA talks happen. ALways interesting how different HOAs handle communications and ancillary devices used for comm.
Gus WY7GUS
On Saturday, January 11, 2025 at 07:36:18 PM UTC, Ronnie ai7dk via groups.io <rlw.flyfish@...> wrote:
Hey Stacy Let’s do this again.? I was not able to participate this time but would love to.? I am building a Cobwebb antenna which will be for 20, 17, 15, 12, and 10 meters. Will have it completed hopefully this next week and have it up.? In fact I would like to share some information at some point about HOA’s that the President of the HOA we live in talked to me about.? Others in the club may already know it but I was not aware of it.? Anyway - - hopefully we another type of activity again so I can play too.? Take care and CU soon. 73 Ronnie On Mon, Jan 6, 2025 at 2:01?PM Stacy KK7CJV via <stroscoe2001= [email protected]> wrote: Hello All,
?
From coffee discussions, we have decided to conduct an impromptu 10 Meter simplex net this Thursday @ 7:00pm our local time.? The intention is to play with 10 meter, learning propagation and ground wave.? We did a little day time experiment, where Mickey(KK7NNE), Norm(KD7TQM), Ryan(KG7PWS), Jay(KK7WHW) and myself(KK7CJV) checked to see how well we were able to hear all stations.? Most stations in Belgrade were heard a solid 55, with Ryan winning signal strength at a 57.? Jay in the center of Bozeman was heard by some but not all out in Belgrade.? Jay had a signal of a 44 to my QTH.? I also was heard 59 in Michigan as Greg(W8VIJ) gave me the first signal report after asking if the frequency was in use.? I explained what we all locally were trying with 10 Meter and he kindly stepped to the side and listened as we conducted our quick experiment. ? NOW to experiment during no sunlight.?
?
So join us while we all play radio and conduct a simple 10 Meter net @ 7:00pm around 28.355 +/-.? This is open to all hams--Technicians this means you can play too!? So come join us for some local HF fun!?
?
73
Stacy KK7CJV
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Enjoy the day!
Sue D.
KK7RYG
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Stacy KK7CJV
Spencer KJ7SSS
Dennis w7dvn
Carol KA7ROL
Jeff "Gus" KK7RUQ