Alaska

[Larry-2]

What bands, times, settings, etc.  would be best to make a contact with a ham in Alaska using a K3? Thanks, k4mwe
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[John Ragle]

Larry...

     This is a somewht vague quest, but here is some info. I used to
operate as KL7PM, QTH Fairbanks. (The call belongs to someone else now.)
The "era" was the sunspot maximum of the late '40's. In those days we
were running 25 watts input using plate-modulated AM, and the antenna
was a 5-element beam at about 30 feet. In those days I was in high
school, and we came home at local sunset in the wintertime, about 3:30
or 4:00 PM. Ten meters was open to the states until full dark, about 6
or 7 PM.  The vertical MUF at College, AK was probably around 40 or 50
MHz (in those days they were mcs), and it was fairly normal to receive
broadcast FM in the 88-108 MHz band in Fairbanks from the east coast.

     From my present location, FN32, I have worked into the Kodiak area
(several hundred miles south of Fairbanks) with 10 watts USB on six
meters with a 5 element beam.

     I rarely operate in the evening here, and do not hear stations in
the west in the morning when I am on...neither 20, 15, 10, nor 6 meters.
But my guess would be that your best chances are when the greyline is
about midway between the east coast and AK. Your chances are best to
work people in the southwest or central AK or the Aleutians, as the
panhandle people are bounded to the East by very high mountains, so only
long path would be really feasible for them. There are lots of hams in
AK, so it should not be a problem -- they're not DX anymore.

     One further comment...I do work lots of eastern stations in the old
USSR early in the morning, usually on 20 or 15, using RTTY or BPSK31/63.
It may be that you can work far enough around that way to pick up some
AK stations then. Just wait a couple of years for old Sol to wake up
fully, and then AK should be as plentiful as Teapot Party peeps in SC.

     Look at a polar projection from your QTH to AK. There is a lovely
AZMAP program by AA6Z, Paul Burton, available on the internet, which you
may find helpful. Check out    http://www.aa6z.com/

John Ragle -- W1ZI

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On 2/2/2012 8:43 AM, Larry wrote:

> What bands, times, settings, etc.  would be best to make a contact with a ham in Alaska using a K3? Thanks, k4mwe
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[KD0Q]

Hi Larry,

Propagation software might give you some ideas about bands and times.  Check
out VOAProp at http://www.g4ilo.com/voaprop.html

73, Glenn/KD0Q

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> What bands, times, settings, etc.  would be best to make a contact with a
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[Tony Estep]

On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 9:01 AM, KD0Q-Glenn <[hidden email]> wrote:
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> Propagation software might give you some ideas...
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Yep. In fact you can get a point-to-point  analysis from your qth to
Alaska, custom-tailored for your antenna and power, for any band. I've
posted this link before, but here it is again:

http://www.voacap.com/coverage.html

Give it a try. There's no learning curve or jargon, just a couple of clicks.

73,
Tony KT0NY



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[Tony Estep]

On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 9:30 AM, Tony Estep <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Yep. In fact you can get a point-to-point  analysis...
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The link I posted shows coverage world-wide from your qth. The page
for point-to-point is:

http://www.voacap.com/prediction.html

Tony KT0NY
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[N0OKS]

Participate in the ARRL International CW DX contest this month. It starts 1/18/2012 at 000Z. You can work a bunch of anything during the 48 hour contest.

Mark, NØOKS
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[drewko]

You could try 20m in late afternoon. That's what I did recently with
K3/10 (CW) and random wire antenna from here in SNJ. He gave me RST
539.

73,
Drew
AF2Z


On Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:43:12 -0500,  k4mwe wrote:

>What bands, times, settings, etc.  would be best to make a contact with a ham in Alaska using a K3? Thanks, k4mwe

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