Thanks Bill. Yes it is a very nice area. This is us http://www.singingfalls.com
Right now the antenna plan is thus. : Two towers spanning 380 feet. The foundations are poured and towers staged. Working on refurbishing a used KT34XA to current '36XA specs. I will have a 2M yagi pointed and our ARES relay tower and a 2M vertical for general purposes to access other available bands. I will have a 11M yagi up to communicate with unlicensed locals. Most folks have a cb base out here. I've got a multiband dipole and a long wire to span the two towers. ( I named the towers Sauron and Saruman :) ) 73 Stan KG7FYI On 04/30/2017 03:04 AM, Bill W4ZV [via Elecraft] wrote: > Hi Stan, > > Responding to excerpts below: > > KG7FYI wrote > Our very local scenario is filled with mountains and valleys. We > are the > land of “One Hundred Valleys”. Actually there are thousands of > them! 2M > is very spotty. > > Our ARES group requires go bags for all vehicles. Few people but a > lot > of livestock and gardens here. > > My only concern was availability of frequency bandwidth. We have a > least > two Extra Class licenses in the community and one MARS certified. > Unfortunately they are many 15+ miles away deep in a valley. > > Sounds like a beautiful area! You probably know this but NVIS would > be a perfect solution for you. 40 meters would be the easiest NVIS > antenna (very low dipole) to implement. "Military NVIS communications > mostly take place on 2-4 MHz at night and on 5-7 MHz during daylight." > > Here's a link explaining: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_vertical_incidence_skywave > > However this would require General Class licenses or higher for voice > modes. > > 73 and Good Luck! > > Bill W4ZV > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > If you reply to this email, your message will be added to the > discussion below: > http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-P3-and-KAT500-tp7629969p7630119.html > > To unsubscribe from K3 P3 and KAT500, click here > <http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=unsubscribe_by_code&node=7629969&code=c3RhbmxleUBzdXJjcC5vcmd8NzYyOTk2OXwxNzg3MzA0NjYz>. > NAML > <http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=macro_viewer&id=instant_html%21nabble%3Aemail.naml&base=nabble.naml.namespaces.BasicNamespace-nabble.view.web.template.NabbleNamespace-nabble.view.web.template.NodeNamespace&breadcrumbs=notify_subscribers%21nabble%3Aemail.naml-instant_emails%21nabble%3Aemail.naml-send_instant_email%21nabble%3Aemail.naml> > > ----- Stan KG7FYI -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-P3-and-KAT500-tp7629969p7630124.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
