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Come on down Andy. We will make a day/weekend
out of it. I have never really run in a uhf/vhf contest for real.
Just play with contacts in the past events. Getting a few 6 or 2 meter
QSOs. Havent even attempted 440, though my lil 706 has it.
Danny
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From: Danny
Douglas
>I am approx 100 miles from Washington DC and 100 from
Richmond Va. and 140
>fm Baltimore. Before I got cable, I used
Radio Shacks best antenna, with a
> >rotor. I could pick up
around 32 channels, with about 8 of them being
>lousy at times, but
readable. That probably wont happen with HDTV, if I
>had
it. I also get >Charlottesville (now two channels) and Harrisburg
>Va.just over the Blue Ridge Mts. I still have that antenna connected,
with
>a coax switch when/if the cable goes >out.
I live
45 miles south west of Buffalo, NY in a rural valley. With analog
TV, I get NO Buffalo channels well (just two good Canadian
channels),
mostly 40% "snow" on the picture. . With the same antenna
connected to an
external HDTV/DTV tuner I get 7 channels from Buffalo with
GREAT picture
quality.
. > Speaking of that, lets get
back to radio---- I plan, this fall/winter,
to drive up to the top of The
Blue Ridge Parkway and park a few times and
run 6/2/440 during >some
contests. Our nearest point for this sits about
3900 feet ASL.
I do not have a laptop, so there will be no digi ops.
Planned to try to
get a cheapie this winter, >but since got laid off, guess
that's out of
the question, and the XYL sez its time to retire anyway. OH,
I take
that back, I will be on the original digi mode, swinging >away with
the
Vibroplex. I get out on 6 as far as Mo. here at the house, and have one
qso with Ca. Hope to extend that
considerably.
>Danny
When driving south on I-77 in VA, I love
that mountain section where one can
see for seemingly hundreds of miles
across the valleys. I make a habit of
keying up my two meter rig and
IDing on any repeater pair in my memory
channels. Often I trigger 4
or more repeaters at once, then I continue the
journey fantasizing about
doing a contest from one of the 'scenic view"
parking lots.
ANdy
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