Activity Weekend 7/8 April

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Re: Activity Weekend 7/8 April

Post by G8PEF » Fri Apr 06, 2018 9:30 pm

M0KPW wrote:
Fri Apr 06, 2018 12:31 pm
... This is where I'll be, if anyone has a path and would like to try please let me know.
https://www.heywhatsthat.com/?view=UG65X88M ...
Yay! I've found a convenient spot not too far from one of my usual perches that has a good LOS path to there - 70km - I just need to get my finger out and get the gear up and running.
I can easily run a 5.6GHz wbfm voice station in time for tomorrow/Sunday but it's not going to be possible to do any TV this time around. :(

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Re: Activity Weekend 7/8 April

Post by Wolfie G8VAT » Fri Apr 06, 2018 9:39 pm

Will keep an ear out for you, should be able to make it to Bury on 2M and if I get my finger out I might have 5.6GHz receive but I really haven't aimed for that mode so far.
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Re: Activity Weekend 7/8 April

Post by G8GKQ » Fri Apr 06, 2018 9:54 pm

G8GKQ wrote:
Wed Apr 04, 2018 11:32 am
I will be out /P on the Ridgeway near Harwell on Sunday, with 146, 5.6 GHz FM and 24 GHz DATV. Saturday tbd - any requests?
Decision made! On Saturday afternoon I will be at Win Green, near Shaftsbury IO80WX with 146, 5665, 10GHz and 24 GHz. Talkback 144/75.

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Re: Activity Weekend 7/8 April

Post by G0HIK » Sat Apr 07, 2018 7:42 am

Hi All,

I'm also going to be with Chris tomorrow afternoon, we will have a reasonable site with good take-off south from South Cumbria. Looking for Skeds and will be on 144.750 of course.

I'm running on 5.6g a 80cm dish and FPV kit, but if there is still activity I could dig out my 1.2g F.M. kit for the next session.

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Re: Activity Weekend 7/8 April

Post by M0DTS » Sat Apr 07, 2018 10:03 am

I will be at Ampleforth today from ~1pm for a few hours.

I will be out tomorrow afternoon hopefully from my usual site IO94MJ.

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Re: Activity Weekend 7/8 April

Post by G4EWJ » Sat Apr 07, 2018 5:11 pm

GW3NWR/P will be at Dolphin, North Wales, IO83JG40 from about 1300 on Sunday, with 2m, 23cm A/D and 6cm.

Graham, we can both see the high ground to the east of Rochdale, so it's worth a try.

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Re: Activity Weekend 7/8 April

Post by M0DTS » Sat Apr 07, 2018 6:04 pm

Today was a fun day out, quite a few stations to work on 6cm.

On 6cm:
G0RPH/P and G4PDF/P nr Caistor, Lincolnshire
G8AGN/P and M1EGI/P at Sheffield
I think all participants worked each other in a triangle roughly 100km all paths :-)
My 600mW 6cm Tx died on the second round after i had tweaked the elevation on my dish so i had to call it a day on that band, looks like the smd regulator IC died as it is now charcoal!

on 23cm:
I also worked M0MLJ at Bolsover 108km, been a long time since i worked Ray, nice to see another signal again 23cm analogue.
I also saw GB3VL, and G0KOO from Boston accessing VL.

Will be out again tomorrow from ~1pm (after lunch!) @IO94MJ, hopefully lots of stations can make it on then too :-)

Rob
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Re: Activity Weekend 7/8 April

Post by g0mjw » Sun Apr 08, 2018 8:08 am

[ Last minute decision - I will be on the Ridgeway above Didcot from noon onwards. Good take off to the North and East (Luton area etc).
I will be at the 4x4 parts show at Newbury (same venue as the Rally) until early afternoon. Then I plan to go to the Ridgeway with 2m and 24GHz (now improved through adding a tripod) or perhaps shoot for my best 24GHz DX from home if I can work Dave G8GKQ.

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Re: Activity Weekend 7/8 April

Post by G8GKQ » Sun Apr 08, 2018 10:09 am

Change of plan

Sorry - I will not be out /P today, however Noel G8GTZ will probably be operating from the Ridgeway.

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Re: Activity Weekend 7/8 April

Post by g0mjw » Sun Apr 08, 2018 12:35 pm

g8gtz wrote:
Sun Apr 08, 2018 8:37 am
I will be at the 4x4 parts show at Newbury (same venue as the Rally) until early afternoon.
So will I!
Then I plan to go to the Ridgeway with 2m and 24GHz (now improved through adding a tripod)
I will have 24GHz with me so maybe we can try for a longer path than last time - 3 metres!
Noel
Rain stopped play unfortunately. The weather was pretty awful when I got to the Bury Down car park, too much water in the air is not good for 24GHz.

(It was much more than 3m, nearly 4)

Mike
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