I live in Oregon's Northern Coast Range. 2 meters has the same problems
up here as it does in the Southern regions. Because most of the locals
have CB radios it is how we communicate in an emergency. The local
repeaters are dead other than during net times or drive times. If you
really need help CB radio works much better than our amateur bands. We
also use it to avoid the many log trucks.
Please try NVIS on 40 or 80 meters. You'll find you can cover most of
the state with its use. Plus the antennas can be ad hoc - tossed into
trees or even an old fence line.
73 & GL,
Kevin. KD5ONS
On 4/30/2017 8:30 AM, KG7FYI wrote:
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
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