SF Bay Area SSB Chat Night

[AlanH]

I propose an SSB chat/test talk for Thursday June 19th at 9:00 PM.

I should have my ground plane finished up on Saturday and it's time to make sure the flippin' thing works. However, I don't really remember the frequencies we use on the TransPac, or have used in past Bay Area chats. Anybody want to chime in? if Thursday doesn't work then Friday the 20th is fine, too.

Was it 8A? bleeeah....

Alan

PS: I might bug some of you guys at the Cruise In to fire up your SSB's and see if I can talk to you from 400 yards away.

[tiger beetle]

However, I don't really remember the frequencies we use on the TransPac, or have used in past Bay Area chats. Anybody want to chime in? if Thursday doesn't work then Friday the 20th is fine, too.

The frequencies used in 2006 race are listed in the 2006 communications plan, available from the SSS TransPac archives - links are on the 2008 race page.

PS: I might bug some of you guys at the Cruise In to fire up your SSB's and see if I can talk to you from 400 yards away.

Sure - Beetle will be there, and we can check out the SSB on Ankle Biter.

- rob

[BobJ]

Here's a quick cut/paste from 2006:

Primary Check-in (short range) 4.021.0
Backup Frequency (short-range) 4.027.0
Primary Check-in (mid range) 6.224.0 (6A)
Backup Frequency (mid range) 6.227.0 (6B)
Primary Check-in (long range) 8.185.0
Backup Frequency (long range) 8.191.0

If possible, I'll motor out to Naval Air and chat with you Thursday night. (There's no use trying to transmit from down in my "hole" at Marina Village.)

Wildflower, are you available to join us?
Will Haulback be under way yet?
To test the 8 band, Nereida?

[blighbaum]

I may try to listen in on my new Grundig receiver. -- Tom Kirschbaum, Feral

[brianb]

Hey All,

I just checked out Summer Moon's ssb from my home at 1500' above Los Gatos while she was at the light ship. I have done this numerous times. If you would like I could listen in and log results and/or be available by phone on the seminar calling card phone number. As each boat transmits results could be compared real time by cell phone to every one dialed in.

Let me know if that might help.

Brian
redsky

[John Hayward]

I will try to be there. Dream Chaser will (very hopefully) be back in the water by then and it's SSB has been checked a lot in actual use.

As far as I can tell, there hasn't been a decision as to frequency. At 9 PM anything above 4 MHz will be iffy generally, but that band should cover Canada to the Mexican border and almost 1000 miles out to sea if the bands are "normal" at that time of night.

John
Dream Chaser

[AlanH]

I have essentially no experience with this but I propose that we start on the primary check-in short-range channel...4.021 (which is NOT 4A, by the way) at 9:00 PM

...and stay there for 15-20 minutes. Then we move to the primary check-in mid-range, which is 6.224.0, or "6A".

But I'm open to suggestions!

[tiger beetle]

Hi Alan -

you're talking about 7pm Thursday June 19, yes?

- rob

[AlanH]

Hi Alan -

you're talking about 7pm Thursday June 19, yes?

- rob

I'd said 9:00 PM, but it might be a good idea to start at 7:00 for sunlight/atmospheric conditions, yes? Let's move it to 7:00 PM on Thursday June 19th..

Hey All,

I just checked out Summer Moon's ssb from my home at 1500' above Los Gatos while she was at the light ship. I have done this numerous times. If you would like I could listen in and log results and/or be available by phone on the seminar calling card phone number. As each boat transmits results could be compared real time by cell phone to every one dialed in.

Let me know if that might help.

Brian
redsky

You could check who was audible and who wasn't, and post on the forum after we sign off. That'd be easy. I figure if I can talk to and get heard by Brian in Los Gatos, the guys in Alameda, and Dream chaser in Sausalito, then I'll likely be able to talk to folks on the race course.

[Jeff Lebesch]

It would be good for me to jump in on this too but I won't be around on Thursday or Friday, any chance of a repeat on M-T-W July 7-8-9? As a minimum we should also run a test after the Thursday raft-up.

Jeff Lebesch / Hecla