18-04-2017, 09:06 PM
Greetings to all!
Well, I do still have an idea to go to the Border Ranges National Park (BRNP) in Northern NSW, but the weather forecast for Kyogle (the closest town) is a 90% chance of rain - not real good for playing with amateur microwave gear out of doors, and not the best conditions for microwave propagation either. Whether I go there will involve a last minute decision that is very subject to the way the weather develops between now and Sunday.
Regarding Rex '4REX, he has advised me that, despite his earlier enthusiasm for the Sunday event, he will not be going out anywhere this time. I had been hoping that he and I might try a 47 GHz contact between BRNP and Howells Knob - that will have to wait for an opportunity later in the year. Wet weather would completely kill any chance of successful mm-wave QSOs anyway.
If there does seem to be a patch of relatively good weather on Sunday, I may abandon going to BRNP (it takes two and a half hours to drive there each way!) and I may just explore some high country down near Jimboomba. Weather permitting, the bands I would like to try to use are 1296, 2403, 3400, 5760, 10368 and 24048 MHz.
We'll see.....
--Doug Friend, VK4OE.
Well, I do still have an idea to go to the Border Ranges National Park (BRNP) in Northern NSW, but the weather forecast for Kyogle (the closest town) is a 90% chance of rain - not real good for playing with amateur microwave gear out of doors, and not the best conditions for microwave propagation either. Whether I go there will involve a last minute decision that is very subject to the way the weather develops between now and Sunday.
Regarding Rex '4REX, he has advised me that, despite his earlier enthusiasm for the Sunday event, he will not be going out anywhere this time. I had been hoping that he and I might try a 47 GHz contact between BRNP and Howells Knob - that will have to wait for an opportunity later in the year. Wet weather would completely kill any chance of successful mm-wave QSOs anyway.
If there does seem to be a patch of relatively good weather on Sunday, I may abandon going to BRNP (it takes two and a half hours to drive there each way!) and I may just explore some high country down near Jimboomba. Weather permitting, the bands I would like to try to use are 1296, 2403, 3400, 5760, 10368 and 24048 MHz.
We'll see.....
--Doug Friend, VK4OE.