Hagelbarger Lookout – 2m Propogation Test
Start date and time: 2020-02-12 20:05 AKST
End date and time: 2020-02-12 20:30 AKST
Frequency: 146.52 Mhz, simplex
Primary station:
KL1TL
Hagelbarger Lookout, northern Fairbanks, AK, USA
Stationary Operation from mobile station
GMC Jimmy, 5/8 whip antenna, 75 Watts, ICOM IC-V8000
Contacts:
AL7N, 20W, Colinear Vertical
Airport Way & Market St
AL7Z reads KL1TL with all bars, full quieting
KL7AJ, North Pole residence, 50W
Homebrew Ground Plan
KL7AJ reads KL1TL at nearly full quieting
KL7EDK, Farmers Loop & Steese
10 Watt Quarter Wave
KL7EDK reads KL1TL at full quieting
KL4DA, North Pole, location Plack Rd, Northpole, near the Pipeline
6-10 Watts, Diamond X 50A, 30ft off the ground
KL4DA reports KL1TL perfectly clear
Later switched to Kenwood portable hand-held
Kenwood TH-D74 transmitting at 5 Watts
KL4DA reports KL1TL having slight background static
AD4BL, 14 Mile Chena Hot Springs Rd
Diamond X 50A, transmitting 50 Watts
AD4BL reports KL1TL at full quieting
Forgot to record return signal reports, but from memory all contacts
easy to understand with some very slight background
static. KL4DA’s portable had more crackling.
Ionosonde report for 8pm AKST (Eielson):
8:15pm:
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