Subj : What a day
To   : Mike Powell
From : Ray Quinn
Date : Sun Mar 20 2022 15:41:13


   Hello Mike!

19 Mar 22 10:53, you wrote to me:

 >> Totally unreleated:
 >> BTW, The Sierras is a GREAT place for Ham repeaters. Ours is just 37
 >> miles nor east of the house at 7500 feet elevation with Internet
 >> service via microwave l ks. VHF and UHF coverage for 200 miles along
 >> I-5 and CA-99.

 MP> That is good to hear.  I am not a HAM but know a lot of folks in BBS
 MP> world are, and I am always glad to hear they are still able to
 MP> practice their hobby.  Before the move to digital TV, there was a
 MP> station in nearby West Virginia that got incredible coverage and I
 MP> suspect they used the elevation in their area to their advantage.

I was into BBS before I was into ham radio (BBS 1987/ Ham 1997). However, I saved money from my paper route and lawn mowing (at age 10) and bought a shortwave radio. The operator of the system that retrieved echomail via satelite for Fido Net 214 in the 1990's worked with a guy who was a ham. He told me once about packet radio and I was hooked.

I must add that terrestrial radio and TV are also located up and down the Sierra Nevada, but not quite as high as some of the amateur stuff. But there are some amateur equipment co-located at some commercial sites.

We don't have an antenna up for TV at the house as we have satelite. I take that back: I have one. A beam on a rotor pointed due east where an amateur TV repeater is located in the 70 cm band. That site is 26 miles and can be seen on a clear day. The Club's main repeater site can be seen as well, but I can't make out exactly where it is.

73 de W6RAY Ray Quinn
Visalia, CA DM06ii

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