commit 53dc56a34ca0f307f7c3852afa2444fd690bff2f Author: Chris Bosse <30784811+chrisBosse@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Wed Aug 17 23:27:30 2022 -0400 Rough outline for first PTRS local net test diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4fe4cb7 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,107 @@ + + +# PTRS Net Attempt 2022-08-27T20:00-04:00 + +## Goal + +Test out local network communications. Specifically, find out who can hear me from my house in Hillsborough County. + +## Schedule + +- Announce net start on Matrix/Telegram. +- Call out on Pats Peak - [K1BKE Repeater][4] + - Repeater output 146.895 MHz, CTCSS 100.0 Hz, FM (repeater input 146.295 MHz, CTCSS 100.0 Hz, FM) + - using 60 watts + - "This is November Zero Charlie Alpha Lima Lima monitoring on K 1 B K E for a couple minutes." +- Call out on VHF Ham Prepper frequency + - 146.4200 FM + - using 60 watts + - "This is November Zero Charlie Alpha Lima Lima monitoring on one four six decimal four two simplex for a couple minutes." +- Call out on FRS 17 / GMRS 3 + - 462.60000 MHz FM + - using *ahem* 2 watts + - "This is John Three monitoring on F R S seventeen for a couple minutes." +- Call out on CB 3 + - 26.985 MHz AM + - using *ahem* 4 watts + - "This is John Three monitoring on Channel Three for a couple minutes." +- Call out on 80m Voice (SSB) + - 3.990 MHz LSB + - using 100 watts + - "This is November Zero Charlie Alpha Lima Lima monitoring on eighty meters for a couple minutes." +- Call out on 80m Voice (AM) + - 3.990 MHz AM + - using 50 watts + - "This is November Zero Charlie Alpha Lima Lima monitoring on eighty meters for a couple minutes." +- Call out on 80m Digital + - 3.990 MHz USB + - using ~40 watts + - Contestia 4-250, 1500 Hz on the waterfall + - [FlDigi][1] with optional [FlMsg][2], or for Android, [AndFlmsg][3] + - Brief text "Hello Radio de N0CALL" + - Brief blank form message with "Hello Radio de N0CALL" + +## Radio and Antenna Used + +Icom IC-7300 - 100 Watt HF Ham radios - home made End-fed Half-wave (EFHw) 80m inverted-V sloping from ground to 40 feet +Cobra CXT385 - FRS hand-held - Fixed Antenna +Baofeng UV-5RV2+ - Ham radio hand-held - MFJ-1754 Dual-band 144/440 ground plane mounted above two-story roof peak +Cobra 19 ULTRA III - CB radio - home made End-fed Half-wave (EFHw) 80m inverted-V sloping from ground to 40 feet +Kenwood TM-281 - VHF Ham radio - MFJ-1754 Dual-band 144/440 ground plane mounted above two-story roof peak + +## Glossary + +AM +: Amplitude Modulation (Encode low-high sound by varying output power less or more) + +CB +: Citizen's Band ~27 MHz + +CTCSS +: continuous, tone-coded squelch system + +FM +: Frequency Modulation (Encode low-high sound by deviating the transmit frequency lower or higher) + +FRS +: Family Radio Service (Blister pack, Walmart, low power, camping UHF radios. Fixed antenna.) + +GMRS +: General Mobile Radio Service (FCC family license, high power, UHF radios. Repeaters allowed.) + +HF +: High Frequency 3 - 30 MHz + +LSB +: Lower Side Band (left half of AM signal with carrier suppressed. Used by Hams below 10 MHz.) + +NVIS +: Near Vertical Incidence Skywave + +PL +: Private Line (Motorola proprietary term for CTCSS, not "private") + +PTRS +: Pine Tree Radio Society + +SSB +: Single Sideband (half of an AM signal with the central carrier suppressed. Commonly Upper Sideband, except Ham voice below 10 +MHz.) +UHF +: Ultra High Frequency 300 - 3000 MHz + +USB +: Upper Side Band (right half of AM signal with carrier suppressed. Used by Hams above 10 MHz and everyone else everywhere, +including digital.) +VHF +: Very High Frequency 30 - 299 MHz + +Watts +: Measure of power named after Issac Watts, inventor of the steam engine. (Yes, watts convert to horsepower.) + + + +[1]: http://www.w1hkj.com/files/fldigi/ "FlDigi Files" +[2]: http://www.w1hkj.com/files/flmsg/ "FlMsg Files" +[3]: http://www.w1hkj.com/files/AndFlmsg/ "AndFlmsg Files" +[4]: https://www.repeaterbook.com/repeaters/details.php?state_id=33&ID=3423 "RepeaterBook"