23cm Update 25th July, 2022

 

Made contact with VK2JDS at QF46pu, height 920mASL from my location on HorseshoeBend Rd, near Edith, QF46xe at 1340m ASL, on 1296.100 SSB and also FM, signals rcvd varied from  s0 from a handheld, to 30/9 for 8w into 5m diam dish with ic-910, Dave also tested loop yagi and  a gridpack about s9, distance between us was 95.6km

I was using ic-910 into a gridpack antenna, portable..

Later testing operational 23cm FM Analogue repeaters worked today:

1273.200 / 1293.200 VK2RWC  at Chatswood  40/9 from Porcupine Hill, QF46xe
1273.400 / 1293.400 VK2RAG at Somersby  s5 from Porcupine Hill, QF46xe

Worked Ron VK2GO, Lew VK2ZIP and Dave VK2TDN via VK2RWC Chatswood rptr.

For next year, I will bring 3.4GHz and 10GHz equipment.