2008/06/14 VHF Low Band

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kkn50

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2008/06/14 VHF Low Band
South Texas EL09
Uniden 396T w/ dipole

31-32 Numerous businesses
33.9000 FD Hamilton Co OH
34.2000 C150.0 US Mil
39.3600 Police
39.6400 C156.7 Police
40.5300 SNOTEL
42.0600 Police
42.1000 C167.9 WV HP (rare for me)
42.1200 C94.8 MS HP (rare for me)
42.1400 C186.2 MO HP
42.3400 D155 NE HP
42.3600 C123.0 TN HP (rare for me)
42.3800 C173.8 MO HP
42.4600 D131 NE HP
42.4800 NE HP
42.5600 C131.8 TN HP (rare for me)
42.5800 C186.2 MO HP
42.8200 C186.2 MO HP
42.8600 C203.5 MO HP
42.9400 C203.5 MO HP
44.2000 Meteor Scatter - very strong
46.3200 C114.8 "Severe thunderstorm warning"

Six Meter Beacons Heard
50.0599 K4TQR, Trussville AL
50.0730 K0KP, Duluth MN
50.0740 K8PLF, Maumee OH
50.0776 N0LL, Smith Center KS
50.0794 W8IF, Selma OH
 
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That is because the scanner is usually on 24/7 running an automatic recording and logging program. I just check it once a day to see what it found.

Are you using an external ant? I'd love to log VHF/UHF, but I don't have any external antennas up. I can here quite a bit from this location (near the highest elevation in my county) but the noise from all teh electronic devices (esp computers) in the house makes reliable scanning of VHF LO-HI especially impossible.

mike
 

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I can here quite a bit from this location (near the highest elevation in my county) but the noise from all teh electronic devices (esp computers) in the house makes reliable scanning of VHF LO-HI especially impossible.

mike

Same here. The closer to the house, the more noise, though I have never found the source. I tried an antenna on the roof but it was useless. I have my antennas away from the house about 100 ft. No problems there with noise.
 

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It has been hopping yesterday and today. I worked alot of new stations on six cw during the contest.

6m cw ? Hey you're my kind of guy (if I were into guys rofl). Good deal. I've had my license for about 17 years and even though I had the capabilities, I never ran CW on VHF or above til last year. Had a lot of fun on 6m last year when I was tuning up a 2m Ringo with an LDG tuner and working em :)

I really need to get an antenna or two up. If I ever manage to, we'll have to try to work each on 6m during a band opening. band openings to Ohio from your location obviously happen pretty often!

Mike
 

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Same here. The closer to the house, the more noise, though I have never found the source. I tried an antenna on the roof but it was useless. I have my antennas away from the house about 100 ft. No problems there with noise.

That may be what I need to do. The back yard isn't huge, but the problem is antennas being considered an eyesore by some people - and I haven't lived here but 2.5 mos and I don't want to rock the boat just yet. Ill have to toss something up hanging from a nice tall branch of one of of the huge trees in the woods behind me. THat would help the noise too.

Mike
 
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