UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE ERIN PACE PLAN 2021...January 26, 2021

[pkveazey]

Well, after the Phone Net I went down to see what I could do with the Digital Net. I could copy everything but I could not transmit. I've got some homework to do to see what I can do about that. The program thinks it is sending but the radio ignores it.

[JohnyMac]

Does your 7300 have an internal modem? If so, we can make it work.

[wynnp4]

Hey y'all I'll try and get in on digital on the 19th..  I am presistant on 7.110 most all the time with JS8CALL.... although as I type this I think I left it on 80m this morning....

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[Jackalope]

Don't forget the nets tonight!

[pkveazey]

Does your 7300 have an internal modem? If so, we can make it work.

I was told by another Ham that the 7300 does have an internal modem and that I should be able tp use the USB port on the 7300 to connect to the computer and it should receive and transmit Data. Well, I've got the USB hooked up to the computer and I've gone through the menus to make it transmit. So far, nothing. Receives great but I just can't seem to make it transmit Data. The DM780 program shows it transmitting but the radio doesn't key up.

[pkveazey]

Well, it's almost 6 PM so I'll try to be on and listening in an hour or less.

[bennington.camper]

Don't forget the nets tonight!

Listening from S VT...

[Tom Paine]

Ref voice net 1900 eastern. I was station you heard as partial call sign "WH". Calling from Central Florida. Very noisy but I could hear you most times.

[Jackalope]

    It was rough copy tonight.  At times, I could hear Johny and PK well, but most of the time stations were right at the noise level.  However, the 5 station boomed in, as he usually does.

     Only caught a few letters on the digital net.  The AMRRON net is coming in well now.

[JohnyMac]

We had six check in on voice seven if you could you Tom Paine  . Jackalope, you came in weak but fully readable tonight. Are you running 100 or higher wattage?

We had five folks check in on digital tonight.

Good participation tonight.

I would like your opinion on this proposal.

Move digital to 1900 hrs eastern as it takes a bit more time to TX/RX and voice to 2000 hrs eastern. Currently, 75/80-meters is 100% in most of the eastern seaboard at that time. Thoughts?

Thanks for participating.

[Jackalope]

      The wattmeter on my tuner indicated 200-250 watts.

      The time change makes sense.  Can't wait for band conditions to improve.

[pkveazey]

    It was rough copy tonight.  At times, I could hear Johny and PK well, but most of the time stations were right at the noise level.  However, the 5 station boomed in, as he usually does.

     Only caught a few letters on the digital net.  The AMRRON net is coming in well now.

Jackalope, you are going to think I'm nuts but I'll tell you what I'm running and you'll think that it is impossible. I have a 160 meter Dipole with the feed point at about 30 feet that tunes to 80 meters just fine. I have a 80 meter Vertical Ham Stick mounted to a pole about 7 feet off the side of my tower and up about 35 feet (no radials). The 160 meter dipole is very noisy and doesn't hear or talk as well as the Ham Stick. The Ham Stick is very quiet and talks to whoever it can hear. I would suggest a $20 Hamstick just to see what it does for you. Its not like you'd be investing a fortune in something that might not work. I got into Ham Sticks by accident back when I tried running HF mobile and I ran one coax to the back of the Blazer and mounted a 10 meter, a 40 meter, and 80 meter Hamstick to one mount and let the radio and antenna tuner sort it out. It worked great and when I removed the HF from the car I put the 80 meter and 10 meter sticks up on the tower. The 40 meter Hamstick is next to my Radio bug out bag.

[JohnyMac]

Interesting Pkv.

Patriotman has decided to get his 10-element yagi up higher so he can hit a repeater north of him. I am sure he will write an article about project so I do not want to steal his thunder however...

I could see someone putting a hamstick like what PKv described on the peak of their house. If the peak of the house isn't high enough put one of a pole made of 3 or so, 10' long pieces of black pipe screwed together and affixed to the side of the house or outbuilding.

With that written, if I remember, you have two good antennas up now. One being a horse fence antenna. Most likely you are in a geographic bowel of sorts and height would probably help.

[Jackalope]

 

With that written, if I remember, you have two good antennas up now. One being a horse fence antenna. Most likely you are in a geographic bowel of sorts and height would probably help.

  I actually briefly switched to a 31' vertical, but didn't notice a big difference in signals.  I've got a Bilal Isotron for 80 meters that's new, still in the box.  I may try setting that up to see how it works, because they are somewhat directional.  At this point, I have three decent hf antennas.  Part of the problem is the topography, seeing I'm at the bottom of a small bowl in the middle of a 2000' plateau.  Never been in a bowel, I wold think they're dark and smelly.

[patriotman]

Interesting Pkv.

Patriotman has decided to get his 10-element yagi up higher so he can hit a repeater north of him. I am sure he will write an article about project so I do not want to steal his thunder however...

I could see someone putting a hamstick like what PKv described on the peak of their house. If the peak of the house isn't high enough put one of a pole made of 3 or so, 10' long pieces of black pipe screwed together and affixed to the side of the house or outbuilding.

With that written, if I remember, you have two good antennas up now. One being a horse fence antenna. Most likely you are in a geographic bowel of sorts and height would probably help.

You are more than welcome to steal my thunder since I am using the plan you suggested to build the antenna.  But yes, I hope to have it up this weekend with an article as well.

[pkveazey]

OK, I'm a bit confused about Net times. 7pm for voice and 8pm for digital. Has it been swapped around to 7 for digital and 8 for voice? I know there was some mention of it. Anyway, I'll be listening at 7pm for the voice net tonight. I hope I don't screw up and get it wrong.

[JohnyMac]

Digital 7 Pm 1900 hrs eastern
Voice 8 PM 2000 hrs eastern

[pkveazey]

Okey Dokey, I'll set up to listen to the Digital followed by the Voice.

[wynnp4]

Lots of noise on band...got you though!!

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[JohnyMac]

jUST A fyi, WE ARE RECEIVING SPLATTER FROM A STATION JUST BELOW US AT 3.967 mHZ. PK is looking for some clear air north of 3.968 MHZ. please stand by

[JohnyMac]

Moved net to 3.970 Mhz do to platter from another QSO south of our origional Primary frq. See ya. there.

[JohnyMac]

Even with the poor weather up here in NE PA and much of the Mid Atl. region, we had four folks check in for the digital net at 1900 hrs and seven stations check in for the phone net at 2000 hrs.

I like doing the digital followed by the phone. If you do too let me know. The good bad and ugly. This way the folks who want to go on the AmRRon digital net at 2000 hrs eastern.

73 & God Bless Brothers and Sisters 

[wynnp4]

Good nets! Glad to hear everyone!

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[pkveazey]

I copied everything on the digital net but my digital program won't work with Windows XP so all I can do is let the computer copy the messages. The voice net was good except there was a harsh noise that was very distracting. Fortunately I have the new IC 7300 and I fiddled and fooled with all the filtering and cleaned it up so I could copy just about everything. It sounded thin and bright but at least I was able to kill that annoying noise. I also think the reversing the order of the nets was a good move.