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"Korbin Dallas" wrote in message news On Sat, 01 Oct 2005 18:20:03 +0000, TOM wrote: I thought I might share a couple of observations I've made regarding the Amateur Service; the situation in other locations may differ. Based upon my adventures last year in Florida when we got pounded by three hurricanes I was interested in finding out the utility of my Ham two meter transceiver by taking advantage of Field Day (simulated emergency test) in June. I raised a collinear with an advertised gain of 7 dB to thirty feet and powered my transceiver with a deep cycle battery. Operating on the 'National Simplex Calling Frequency' 146.52 MHz with 75 watts output power I attempted to find out how many stations I could contact and the extent of my operating range during the test. From my numerous calls I was able to contact NO ONE! Not one person responded to my Field Day calls throughout the day and I heard NO ONE calling Field Day! Not one Ham could I find operating Field Day on the two meter National Simplex Calling Frequency! Well FM on 2, 6 or 10m is not used for Field Day, I don't know why but its not, FM is not good for long distance or weak signal work most of the time. SSB and CW beat it hands down. Dee D. Flint, N8UZE |
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