I did hear the following ALE stations on 14109.5 yesterday during the Am-Tech Day.
C02JA EA2AFR KU2A K5SKH I did get a brief ALE connection from Bonnie and EA2AFR. The band was in pretty poor shape and signals were barely moving the S-meter. I was only running 15 watts and with RRTY contest operators in that segment of the band, it made establishment of a ALE QSO rather difficult. I did discover that my ICOM VFO had to be set 300 Hz up (14109.8) in order the get ALE words to decode. With Spectrum lab, I was able to determine that the first set of ALE tones need to begin at 600 Hz for PC-ALE to be able to decode ALE transmissions. Perhaps the master oscillator in the ICOM needs to be re-calibrated? I am not sure what AF offset PC-ALE expects the first set of tones to occur. 73 Bernie ----- Original Message ----- From: expeditionradio To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2007 12:56 PM Subject: [digitalradio] Re: ALE station at Am-Tech Day (Saturday 17 March) California Since there is a RTTY contest today, may I suggest that operators who want to link with my Portable ALE station, at the Am-Tech Day Event, please make an ALE Individual Call or Net Call on one of the common ALE voice channels or in the WARC bands: 7296.0 10145.5 14342.5 14346.0 18106.0 18117.5 73---Bonnie KQ6XA > > I will set up my IC-F7000 HF Portable ALE station at > the Am-Tech Day event on Saturday 17 March. > Please call and link for an ALE demonstration QSO. > Here are some photos of my HF Portable ALE station: > http://www.hfpack.com/aleportable/icf7000.jpg > > ALE address: KQ6XA > Net addresses: HFL and QRZ > Sounding: 7102.0kHz and 14109.5kHz. > Scanning: All ham radio ALE channels. > QSO methods: SSB voice or AMD only > > Hours of operation: UTC 1900-2200 Saturday 17 March 2007 > > I will be on 14342.5kHz USB while mobile in route, > and arrive at 11 AM Pacific Time with my VX-1210 HF backpack, > Selcall 3332, Channels: 14342.5 kHz or 18157.5 kHz USB. > The ALE station is 125 Watts with a broadband portable dipole. > > See you there or on the air! > (Directions and details below) > > 73---Bonnie KQ6XA > > Am-Tech Day is an open monthly event for ham radio > technology and a watering hole for hams in California. > It is at the SLAC site near Palo Alto, CA > Saturday 17 March. Everyone is welcome, attendance is free. > Picnic tables for radio set ups... trees and lawns for antennas... > forums and presentations in the auditorium. > > AM-TECH DAY > DATE: Saturday 17 MAR 2007 > TIME: Morning to Evening. (HFpack Members peak at about noon) > LOCATION: SLAC (Stanford Linear Accelerator) see directions below. > FOOD: Barbeque at Noon. Hot dogs and BYO. > GOOGLE EARTH: http://www.hfpack.com/qth/AMTECHDAY.kmz > > REPEATER: N6NFI/Repeater 145.230- PL=100 > HF SSB: 18157.5kHzUSB, 14342.5kHzUSB, 5371.5kHzUSB, 7296kHzUSB > HF Peak Operating hours: UTC 1900-0100 > > 17 MAR 2007 > Presentations in the Auditorium : > 1:00PM - 2:00PM > Kristin McIntyre, K6WX > Radio Frequency (RF) Propagation: Physics, Mechanisms and Effects > > 2:00PM - 3:00PM > Neil Hays, W6FOG > Adventures in DX-Peditioning from Jamaica > > 3:00PM - 4:00PM > Rick Huisman, N6DQ > Internet Radio (Remote transceiver operation using Ten-Tec Omni VII) > > WEBSITE for Am-tech Day: > http://www.fars.k6ya.org/amtechday/ > > DIRECTIONS TO AM-TECH DAY: > Amateur Radio Technology Day can be reached easily from Highways 101 > and I-280. SLAC is located off of Sand Hill Road, less than a > mile east of Interstate 280 (towards the bay). > > * From U.S. 101, turn west onto either University Avenue or > Embarcadero Road, then turn right (north) onto El Camino Real and then > left (west) onto Sand Hill Road, and continue approximately 2.6 miles > west, turning left at Saga Lane. > * From Interstate 280, turn east (towards the bay) onto Sand Hill > Road, and proceed approximately 0.8 mile, turning right at Saga Lane. > > Once you turn onto Saga Lane, turn left after the guard shack onto > Loop Road and follow the signs to the parking lots below Panofsky > Auditorium, located around the bend (Parking lot C). Park and walk up > the concrete path to the buildings. > http://www.fars.k6ya.org/amtechday/images/slacmap.png > > 2575 Sand Hill Rd. > Menlo Park, CA 94025 > (0.8 mile east of Hwy 280 on Sand Hill Road) > > N 37.419830 > W 122.204568 > > Sponsored by the Foothills Amateur Radio Society. > For full details, visit: > http://fars.k6ya.org/amtechday >
