Sunday, January 20, 2019

Chat Apps

Various free chat/messaging services are available for those who are willing to sign up for a free account. Examples include, but are not limited to: WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, GroupMe, Wire, Skype, Twitter.

Google also has a chat app that can be used at https://hangouts.google.com/ by clicking on the MESSAGE icon. 

John WA5MLF

Wednesday, January 16, 2019

RV Net Stations and Remote Transceivers

Observations of received signal strength from various participants in the daily East Coast RV Net on 7.191 MHz has revealed a daily pattern of reception range during the 2-hour period of the Net. Below are map views that show distance (as a circle) from each remote transceiver site that is used by W4BXI. Click on any map for an expanded view.

500 mile range: During the early part of the Net, stations within about 500 miles of a remote are not readable from that remote, unless within ground wave range.
300 mile range: During the later part of the Net, stations within about 300 miles of a remote are not readable from that remote, unless within ground wave range. 

500 mile radius from W4UOA

500 mile radius from KC4GO

500 mile radius from WA5MLF

500 mile radius from W6SFG

 
300 mile radius from W4UOA

300 mile radius from KC4GO
300 mile radius from WA5MLF
300 mile radius from W6SFG