29-01-2017, 10:15 PM
Members of the Melbourne Electronics and Radio Club run these very informal nets on Mondays and Tuesdays.
We realised that many people have SSB capability on VHF/UHF but most SSB operation is by the use of horizontally polarised antennas.
But not everyone has horizontal antennas.
However most people have some sort of vertical whether it is a mobile whip in a vehicle or a hi-gain base antenna so the Cas-Nets (short for casual nets) were started up to enable the use of SSB vertical on 2m & 70cm.
Newcomers are usually pleasantly surprised as to the performance of SSB on VHF/UHF.
We're always interested in Melbourne metro or country/regional operators to call in.
Mondays 7.30pm: 432.310 USB
Tuesday 7.30pm: 144.310 USB
Bill. VK3CWF (formerly VK3LHB)
We realised that many people have SSB capability on VHF/UHF but most SSB operation is by the use of horizontally polarised antennas.
But not everyone has horizontal antennas.
However most people have some sort of vertical whether it is a mobile whip in a vehicle or a hi-gain base antenna so the Cas-Nets (short for casual nets) were started up to enable the use of SSB vertical on 2m & 70cm.
Newcomers are usually pleasantly surprised as to the performance of SSB on VHF/UHF.
We're always interested in Melbourne metro or country/regional operators to call in.
Mondays 7.30pm: 432.310 USB
Tuesday 7.30pm: 144.310 USB
Bill. VK3CWF (formerly VK3LHB)