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WM2U
Hi Guys, Sheez I have just finished processing a big claim off
our friend Joao CU3AA. It took me 4 days. I really enjoy working
with Joao. On 6/5/2019 10:09 AM, WL7CG wrote:
I hear that Rich. I have two SOTA peaks across the street from me that take out everything to the north (Europe and Africa). I have great view of the Pacific, so that makes up for some of it. High latitude impacts propagation too. I rooting for the SFI to increase! |
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WL7CG
I hear that Rich. I have two SOTA peaks across the street from me that take out everything to the north (Europe and Africa). I have great view of the Pacific, so that makes up for some of it. High latitude impacts propagation too. I rooting for the SFI to increase!
73 Alan WL7CG |
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Richard Kennedy <astro_va@...>
Thanks Alan,
Yea, huge unequal distributions of radio operators in various provinces definitely make it challenging to accumulate the required number of grids to earn a badge for a particular province. One of the keys to overcoming this, and what I've had some success
at, is to try using multiple bands: for some of the VE provinces, I have QSOs from 6M thru 160M which I think increases your chance that a new band will generate a new grid. Secondly, terrain around the transmitter site can dramatically effect the path direction
and signal magnitude. Tall mountains in one specific direction may hamper one's ability to have a decent signal in that direction. Or the overall radiation pattern of your antenna(s). For example, my HF dipoles now run broadside to NE and SW, so I have
trouble working JAs and south Africa. Dean Straw (ex ARRL guy) has software and lots of info on doing a terrain analysis at one's site - you might want to check it out - often the results are surprising!
GL, 73, Rich, K3VAT
From: GAPA@groups.io <GAPA@groups.io> on behalf of WL7CG <asorum@...>
Sent: Tuesday, June 4, 2019 2:44 PM To: GAPA@groups.io Subject: [GAPA] Tough Ones All,
Glad to see new members to the list. Which provinces are tough for you? Right now I think everyone in VE4 lives in Winnipeg and VK8 in Darwin. I have multiple contacts in VK8 and one grid. One plus is I got my first VK0 station. Reach out to your membership organizations and let them know about GAPA. I was able to get our northwest ARRL organization to mention the program. There lots of ham clubs and DX groups out there. I want to keep Ernie busy :) 73 Alan WL7CG |
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WL7CG
All,
Glad to see new members to the list. Which provinces are tough for you? Right now I think everyone in VE4 lives in Winnipeg and VK8 in Darwin. I have multiple contacts in VK8 and one grid. One plus is I got my first VK0 station. Reach out to your membership organizations and let them know about GAPA. I was able to get our northwest ARRL organization to mention the program. There lots of ham clubs and DX groups out there. I want to keep Ernie busy :) 73 Alan WL7CG |
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