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Amateur Radio / Re: 2M SSB / CW / FT8, gaining momentum, again? maybe...
« on: November 22, 2023, 0120 UTC »
had to join to toss this comment in, Don't be shy on using 432 or 1296 you would be amazed at how often 432 is open. Downside someone else has to also be listening to reply.
I had a repeater on 441.975 in Indiana and about every morning (sometimes all day long) we would get packet bursts on the input (446.975) that came from a packet station east of Columbus Ohio here by Indianapolis IIR. (part of the reason we changed repeater freq) When we decoded the call of the packet station it was making about a 200mile trip. so 432 is open.
I had a repeater on 441.975 in Indiana and about every morning (sometimes all day long) we would get packet bursts on the input (446.975) that came from a packet station east of Columbus Ohio here by Indianapolis IIR. (part of the reason we changed repeater freq) When we decoded the call of the packet station it was making about a 200mile trip. so 432 is open.