[MiQP-Mail] 80m/75m Question?
K9TM
k9tm at buckeye-express.com
Sat Mar 28 15:31:13 EDT 2009
From a fixed station I don't struggle with this problem as I use a
broadbanded antenna that requires no tuning so going from 3.540 to
3.630 to 3.830 for me is no problem as the antenna has a good match in
all these locations (no tuner required). The problem is that I can't
use this antenna mobile :-(
What are the chances that people would be willing to look higher in
the band on cw (say 3.550-3.570) and low in the band on ssb (say
3.600-3.650)?
I'm not sure how useful 75m SSB is going to be from the mobile. It
was bad enough last year with 100 watts and a full size antenna. I'm
hoping it will be useful for in state mults during the day. Problem
is that people will probably be up in the 3.8 or 3.9 area (at least
that's what I heard last year).
Any chance people are willing to listen down for ssb? I'm sure the
other mobile's have the same problem unless they have a screwdriver
antenna or maybe two antennas? Maybe the beacon fixed stations
calling up high in the band would be willing to listen on their xmit
freq and listen down low too? It would be easier to not work split
but if someone is worried about giving up Q's to non-extra's listening
in two places would help. Maybe instead of messing with 10m and 15m
where there are no Q's at this point in the cycle on the hour/half-
hour, you could listen 3.600-3.650 on the hour/half-hour for weak
mobiles on ssb?
Any thoughts?
Please don't suggest working CW and SSB on 3.830 as this is not
permitted by the rules (there is no loophole).
Tim K9TM
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