2022-08-17 23:27:30 -04:00
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<!-- cSpell:words Baofeng CTCSS GMRS Hillsborough Icom Kenwood NVIS PTRS Skywave -->
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2022-08-26 07:24:07 -04:00
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<!-- cSpell:ignore AndFlmsg Contestia FlDigi -->
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2022-08-17 23:27:30 -04:00
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# PTRS Net Attempt 2022-08-27T20:00-04:00
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## Goal
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Test out local network communications. Specifically, find out who can hear me from my house in Hillsborough County.
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## Schedule
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- Announce net start on Matrix/Telegram.
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- Call out on Pats Peak - [K1BKE Repeater][4]
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- Repeater output 146.895 MHz, CTCSS 100.0 Hz, FM (repeater input 146.295 MHz, CTCSS 100.0 Hz, FM)
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- using 60 watts
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- "This is November Zero Charlie Alpha Lima Lima monitoring on K 1 B K E for a couple minutes."
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2022-08-26 07:15:53 -04:00
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- Call out on VHF Ham frequency
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- 146.5500 FM
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2022-08-17 23:27:30 -04:00
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- using 60 watts
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- "This is November Zero Charlie Alpha Lima Lima monitoring on one four six decimal four two simplex for a couple minutes."
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- Call out on FRS 17 / GMRS 3
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- 462.60000 MHz FM
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- using *ahem* 2 watts
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- "This is John Three monitoring on F R S seventeen for a couple minutes."
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- Call out on CB 3
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- 26.985 MHz AM
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- using *ahem* 4 watts
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- "This is John Three monitoring on Channel Three for a couple minutes."
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- Call out on 80m Voice (SSB)
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- 3.990 MHz LSB
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- using 100 watts
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- "This is November Zero Charlie Alpha Lima Lima monitoring on eighty meters for a couple minutes."
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- Call out on 80m Digital
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- 3.990 MHz USB
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- using ~40 watts
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- Contestia 4-250, 1500 Hz on the waterfall
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- [FlDigi][1] with optional [FlMsg][2], or for Android, [AndFlmsg][3]
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- Brief text "Hello Radio de N0CALL"
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- Brief blank form message with "Hello Radio de N0CALL"
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## Radio and Antenna Used
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2022-08-17 23:33:31 -04:00
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- Icom IC-7300
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- 100 watt HF Ham radio
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- home made End-fed Half-wave (EFHw) 80m inverted-V sloping from ground to 40 feet
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- Cobra CXT385
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- FRS hand-held
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- Fixed Antenna
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- Baofeng UV-5RV2+
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- Ham radio hand-held
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- MFJ-1754 Dual-band 144/440 ground plane mounted above two-story roof peak
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- Cobra 19 ULTRA III
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- CB mobile radio
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- home made End-fed Half-wave (EFHw) 80m inverted-V sloping from ground to 40 feet
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- Kenwood TM-281
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- VHF Ham radio
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- MFJ-1754 Dual-band 144/440 ground plane mounted above two-story roof peak
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2022-08-17 23:27:30 -04:00
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## Glossary
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AM
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: Amplitude Modulation (Encode low-high sound by varying output power less or more)
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CB
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: Citizen's Band ~27 MHz
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CTCSS
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: continuous, tone-coded squelch system
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FM
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: Frequency Modulation (Encode low-high sound by deviating the transmit frequency lower or higher)
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FRS
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: Family Radio Service (Blister pack, Walmart, low power, camping UHF radios. Fixed antenna.)
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GMRS
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: General Mobile Radio Service (FCC family license, high power, UHF radios. Repeaters allowed.)
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HF
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: High Frequency 3 - 30 MHz
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LSB
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: Lower Side Band (left half of AM signal with carrier suppressed. Used by Hams below 10 MHz.)
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NVIS
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: Near Vertical Incidence Skywave
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PL
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: Private Line (Motorola proprietary term for CTCSS, not "private")
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PTRS
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: Pine Tree Radio Society
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SSB
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2022-08-17 23:34:27 -04:00
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: Single Sideband (half of an AM signal with the central carrier suppressed. Commonly Upper Sideband, except Ham voice below 10 MHz.)
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2022-08-17 23:27:30 -04:00
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UHF
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: Ultra High Frequency 300 - 3000 MHz
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USB
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2022-08-17 23:34:27 -04:00
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: Upper Side Band (right half of AM signal with carrier suppressed. Used by Hams above 10 MHz and everyone else everywhere, including digital.)
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2022-08-17 23:27:30 -04:00
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VHF
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: Very High Frequency 30 - 299 MHz
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Watts
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: Measure of power named after Issac Watts, inventor of the steam engine. (Yes, watts convert to horsepower.)
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<!-- ## Links -->
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[1]: http://www.w1hkj.com/files/fldigi/ "FlDigi Files"
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[2]: http://www.w1hkj.com/files/flmsg/ "FlMsg Files"
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[3]: http://www.w1hkj.com/files/AndFlmsg/ "AndFlmsg Files"
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[4]: https://www.repeaterbook.com/repeaters/details.php?state_id=33&ID=3423 "RepeaterBook"
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