VK4WDM > 19-06-2019, 04:10 PM
OZ2M > 19-06-2019, 04:56 PM
VK4ADC > 19-06-2019, 06:18 PM
VK7HH > 20-06-2019, 09:28 AM
(19-06-2019, 06:18 PM)VK4ADC Wrote: "Hopefully VK6 to ZS or FR will be next."
That assumes there are people at each end (1) transmitting; and (2) receiving; at the relevant times and on the same 2M frequencies !!!
Using FT8 will probably be a lot harder than using WSPR to figure out if propagation exists over the path. The FT8 CQ process may be automated, even the to/from of the full QSO too, but there still has to be an operator there to actually manually log the contact to keep the details. That last bit is not automated.
VK4WDM > 21-06-2019, 02:10 PM
VK2CSW > 21-06-2019, 02:43 PM
VK4WDM > 21-06-2019, 05:04 PM
VK2CSW > 21-06-2019, 06:10 PM
VK2KRR > 22-06-2019, 05:12 PM
VK4FLR > 22-06-2019, 05:28 PM
VK4WDM > 23-06-2019, 02:23 PM
(22-06-2019, 05:59 PM)VK2KRR Wrote: Hi Frank,I have heard ZL several times on 2m SSB from Townsville and and have been heard over there but just could not get going in both directions at the one time
Nice work re the QSO
I noticed this missed opportunity for FNQ to ZL earlier in the year -
VK4FLR > 24-06-2019, 03:43 PM
(22-06-2019, 05:59 PM)VK2KRR Wrote: Hi Frank,Yes Leigh I monitored that tropo event & called a number of times ZL direction expecting a response ! but the silence was deafening ! I am wondering if the Attenuation factor on 2m tropo has a finite limit distance wise in association with TXpower levels, antenna gain etc ? because even on the times I worked the northern end of ZL, the signals have never been above S5, whereas the Brisbane guys & the nth sunshine coast were giving S9+ reports .... Maybe a 1kw amp is the answer with a high power permit of course ? but if you can't hear them high power is not the answer ??
Nice work re the QSO
I noticed this missed opportunity for FNQ to ZL earlier in the year -
VK2KRR > 25-06-2019, 02:05 PM
VK4WDM > 25-06-2019, 03:49 PM
(25-06-2019, 02:05 PM)VK2KRR Wrote: Wayne, thats certainly something to get excited about!
Frank, I think it really depends on the characteristics of the tropo at the time, obviously not as far for Brisbane, but also the tropo extension up to you may well have had more loss over that section.
And thats right, no point just one side having more TX power than the other, it would be a bit one sided.
As usual if it were me, I'd be running 2m WSPR across the path when ever there was a chance showing on Hepburn. Running it through the night to show up when the best times may be. A path like that is worth getting up early morning for.
OZ2M > 26-06-2019, 07:26 AM