Rain fade on the #N8DUY 145.15- weekday morning roundtable in Ann Arbor MI. A lot of sizzle on the signal, challenging conditions in general. The repeater has very good wide area coverage and people were getting in from the northern Detroit suburbs as usual.
Thanks to Jim #W8STX for running the net, and to the taxpayers of Washtenaw County for supporting emergency management; the N8DUY repeater is also used for the ARPSC public service corps net, SKYWARN, et al.
After way too many weeks away, I checked into this morning's 800a weekday morning roundtable on the Ann Arbor #N8DUY repeater, organized by Jim #W8STX .
This is the net that I check into bicycle portable when the weather and the season allows, and I've also operated from the top of parking structures in town.
Not today though. I have a Kenwood TK-790 rig (ex-BNSF railroad radio) that @w8tam fixed up for ham use. Notes from a year ago from when I hauled it to the park.
Headed out to Burns Park AA-023 this morning to work the weekly morning roundtable on #N8DUY 145.15- , with Jim #W8STX net control.
It was windy and I had a lot of wind noise on my mic until I got under the shelter. I hung up my #N9TAX roll-up J-pole, connected it to my #Quansheng HT, with good reception reports.
A strap to put around a tree so that I can hang the J-pole from it would be a useful addition to the kit.
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Q1. Where are you checking in from and, if you have your license, what was your most recent contact?
A1. Ann Arbor, MI, grid EN82dg.
Most recent contact this morning on a morning roundtable net, pedestrian mobile on 2 meters via #N8DUY , with Jim #W8STX as net control. Band conditions fair in the early morning, there is interference when the band is long.
W8STX is there every day, keeps a log that he posts monthly, and generally directs traffic on the net. Thanks Jim!
11 of us on the #N8DUY 800a morning roundtable (#VHF, 145.15- PL100, #AnnArbor area repeater covers much of metro #Detroit).
A report that yesterday we had a Canadian station #VE3TCS Tim check in at the end (though I did not hear him).
I could copy a few stations on the input, from my QTH standing outside the Westgate library coffee shop. (Indoor reception not anywhere near as good.) That included Wes #N8QM as he was driving past on M-14.
Thanks to Jim #W8STX for being net control.
Fantastic morning 2m net on #N8DUY
From the 8th floor of the parking structure I have clear line of sight to the repeater and got good reports at 30 milliwatts! Bumped it up to 300 mw and it was full quieting.
Thanks Jim #W8STX for running the net.
Now inside with the morning coffee.
Scheming to do AREDN portable next as there is line of sight to a station there as well.
#PSOTA (parking structures on the air) 🅿️ :radio_handheld:
