"Charlie" wrote in message ...
The HIGHER the BETTER !!!!

That's always been the rule on VHF/UHF.

73 de Glenn AA5PK

"Glenn" wrote in message
news:luTPd.8673$Ps.7054@okepread06...
"Charlie" wrote in message
...
The HIGHER the BETTER !!!!

That's always been the rule on VHF/UHF.

73 de Glenn AA5PK


UNLESS you're working through repeaters and live in the valleys of a
mountainous area. Then you're working bounces and if you get too high (high
off the ground, but not as high as the hilltops around you), you can get up
out of the signal.

On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 02:17:15 -0500, "David 01"
wrote:


UNLESS you're working through repeaters and live in the valleys of a
mountainous area. Then you're working bounces and if you get too high (high
off the ground, but not as high as the hilltops around you), you can get up
out of the signal.



One can also have a problem with height if the get so high as to key
multiple repeaters on a common frequency. While this is more commonly
a problem with aeronautical mobile stations, it also happens around
here for stations on hills between several repeaters or whose beams
line up with more than one repeater.

Buck

Buck
--
For what it's worth.

On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 11:47:52 -0500, Buck wrote:

On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 02:17:15 -0500, "David 01"
wrote:


UNLESS you're working through repeaters and live in the valleys of a
mountainous area. Then you're working bounces and if you get too high (high
off the ground, but not as high as the hilltops around you), you can get up
out of the signal.

One can also have a problem with height if the get so high as to key
multiple repeaters on a common frequency. While this is more commonly
a problem with aeronautical mobile stations, it also happens around
here for stations on hills between several repeaters or whose beams
line up with more than one repeater.

I have run into this when hiking, and operating from various summits.
I keyed up a repeater in Boston from the summit of Mt. Monadnock
(southern NH) and also got a repeater on the same frequency in CT.

Happy trails,
Gary (net.yogi.bear)
------------------------------------------------
at the 51st percentile of ursine intelligence

Gary D. Schwartz, Needham, MA, USA
Please reply to: garyDOTschwartzATpoboxDOTcom

"Gary S." Idontwantspam@net wrote in message
...
On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 11:47:52 -0500, Buck wrote:

On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 02:17:15 -0500, "David 01"
wrote:


UNLESS you're working through repeaters and live in the valleys of a
mountainous area. Then you're working bounces and if you get too high
(high
off the ground, but not as high as the hilltops around you), you can get
up
out of the signal.

One can also have a problem with height if the get so high as to key
multiple repeaters on a common frequency. While this is more commonly
a problem with aeronautical mobile stations, it also happens around
here for stations on hills between several repeaters or whose beams
line up with more than one repeater.

I have run into this when hiking, and operating from various summits.
I keyed up a repeater in Boston from the summit of Mt. Monadnock
(southern NH) and also got a repeater on the same frequency in CT.

Happy trails,
Gary (net.yogi.bear)
------------------------------------------------
at the 51st percentile of ursine intelligence

Gary D. Schwartz, Needham, MA, USA
Please reply to: garyDOTschwartzATpoboxDOTcom

Yeah, I experienced that too in 1991 on top of Mt Mitchell, NC, 6685 ft.
back when few repeaters used tone squelch. 5 watts and I made several people
angry in the southern states.

On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 18:42:34 -0500, "David 01"
wrote:

"Gary S." Idontwantspam@net wrote in message
.. .

I have run into this when hiking, and operating from various summits.
I keyed up a repeater in Boston from the summit of Mt. Monadnock
(southern NH) and also got a repeater on the same frequency in CT.

Happy trails,
Gary (net.yogi.bear)

Yeah, I experienced that too in 1991 on top of Mt Mitchell, NC, 6685 ft.
back when few repeaters used tone squelch. 5 watts and I made several people
angry in the southern states.

No one really angry, but a few people in Boston were confused when
they only heard my side of the conversation with the ham in CT,
although there was no other traffic on the Boston repeater. Only the
Boston repeater has tone, the other one doesn't.

I have also seen some areas deal with tone added for intermod control
by having all of the repeaters in the area (coastal Maine for example)
use the same CTSCC tone. This simplified things for hams with older
equipment.

Happy trails,
Gary (net.yogi.bear)
------------------------------------------------
at the 51st percentile of ursine intelligence

Gary D. Schwartz, Needham, MA, USA
Please reply to: garyDOTschwartzATpoboxDOTcom

"Buck" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 02:17:15 -0500, "David 01"
wrote:


UNLESS you're working through repeaters and live in the valleys of a
mountainous area. Then you're working bounces and if you get too high
(high
off the ground, but not as high as the hilltops around you), you can get
up
out of the signal.



One can also have a problem with height if the get so high as to key
multiple repeaters on a common frequency. While this is more commonly
a problem with aeronautical mobile stations, it also happens around
here for stations on hills between several repeaters or whose beams
line up with more than one repeater.

Buck

Buck
--
For what it's worth.

The discussion was a M2 HORIZONTAL loop. Not normally used with a
vertically polarized repeater. Try sticking to the subject.

Dan/W4NTI

On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 22:48:27 GMT, "Dan"
wrote:


On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 02:17:15 -0500, "David 01"
wrote:


UNLESS you're working through repeaters and live in the valleys of a
mountainous area. Then you're working bounces and if you get too high
(high
off the ground, but not as high as the hilltops around you), you can get
up
out of the signal.


The discussion was a M2 HORIZONTAL loop. Not normally used with a
vertically polarized repeater. Try sticking to the subject.

Dan/W4NTI


I didn't start the repeater discussion, I followed it.

Thanks tho.

Buck

Buck
--
For what it's worth.

The subject on every message I saw SAID "The HIGHER the BETTER"!!!


"Buck" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 22:48:27 GMT, "Dan"
wrote:


On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 02:17:15 -0500, "David 01"
wrote:


UNLESS you're working through repeaters and live in the valleys of a
mountainous area. Then you're working bounces and if you get too high
(high
off the ground, but not as high as the hilltops around you), you can
get
up
out of the signal.


The discussion was a M2 HORIZONTAL loop. Not normally used with a
vertically polarized repeater. Try sticking to the subject.

Dan/W4NTI


I didn't start the repeater discussion, I followed it.

Thanks tho.

Buck

Buck
--
For what it's worth.

On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 08:18:40 -0500, "David 01"
wrote:

The subject on every message I saw SAID "The HIGHER the BETTER"!!!


Like so many usenet threads, this one has a fork. No big deal, at
least to me. It just happens.


Buck
--
For what it's worth.