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[craig333]

KK6AUI just received today. Sacramento.

I want to thank the Rubicon Trail Foundation for putting on the class that finally got me off my butt to get it done.

 

[raven1911]

First Name: Ty
Callsign : KF7ZJS
Radio : Yaesu FT-2900R and Icom V-80
Freq usually on: 2m
Location: Prescott, AZ

 

[Viperpilot611]

Name: Andrew
Callsign: KB1YWN
Radio: None yet.
Freq: None yet.
Location: Massachusetts

I just got it today! :wings:

 

[TomSuddard]

Name: Tom
Callsign: KK4MMK
Radio: Baofeng UV-5r (for now:sombrero
Freq: 2m and 70cm
Location: Florida

 

[WhiteRover]

Name: Justin
Callsign: KI4WFJ
Radio: ICOM IC-718, ICOM T-90A
Freq: 2m, 70cm and HF
Location: Upstate South Carolina

 

[srch4me]

Name: Adam
Callsign: KF7ZSK
Radio: baofeng UV-5ra, Yaesu FT-2800M
Freq: 2m. 70cm
Location: Richland Washington



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[Mtn Mike]

Name: Mike
Callsign: KF7EHT
Radio: Icom F5021, F3021, Kenwood 820S HF
Frequencies: 2m mostly; I can be found on the Evergreen Intertie/KBARA system. Just getting in to HF.
Location: Spokane Washington

 

[zenoptic]

KD4ZWH
Bryan Howard
Knoxville.Tennessee
2M,6M,10M (and 11M ssb from time to time)

 

[bnoland]

KK4NES
Blake
Memphis, TN

Got my call today. Waiting on my Kenwood TH-D72A to get here..it is out for delivery now.

 

[Mechanical]

Name: Will
Callsign: KG7ACS
Radio: ICOM 706MKIIG
Frequencies: 2m for now, I'm still finding some parts for HF.
Location: Torrington Wyoming

 

[Garbinator]

KD6OYX

2m 70cm. Have not mounted my rig in my new jeep as of yet. Looking at mounting options as well as expedition setup/antenna location.

 

[nzoliver]

Name: Oliver
Call: ZL3OOC,
QTH: Christchurch , New Zealand.
Radios: Yaesu 7800, VX6R, FT2800
:sombrero:

 

[Adventure IQ]

Anyone hear dx on simplex on 2 meter?

 

[1911]

Anyone hear dx on simplex on 2 meter?

2 meters is a short enough wavelength that it will go right through the ionosphere, so you are pretty much limited to line-of-sight contacts. I have had simplex QSOs at up to 30-40 miles from my mobile 2m radio and double that or more from my home shack (where my 2m antenna is 40' above the ground).

 

[gary in ohio]

In the general case 1911 is correct in that most VHF and above signals go through the ionosphere and dont reflect back, but there is always EME (moon bounce) were you relect a signal off the moon and work station thousands of miles away. Take a lot more than a simple mobiel radio nad antenna, but can be done. A little cheaper route is by using tropospheric ducting. Ducting is where your signals can bounce off of weather patterns(high pressure systems.) Common right before or after a summer thunderstorm. I have worked TX from Ohio before. Can work into Canada pretty regularly.