Subj : Re: Anybody here?
To   : dotslash
From : Vk3jed
Date : Sun Mar 06 2022 09:23 pm

-=> On 03-05-22 16:25, dotslash wrote to Vk3jed <=-

 Vk> That hasn't been updated in years. :)  I still have D-STAR (added an
 Vk> ID-5100A last year), but I can also do DMR, YSF, and even M17 on RF.

 do> Oooh, M17 is new to me! The little bit I have seen looks very
 do> interesting, this looks excellent!

M17 is exciting, because it's hams developing, and it's evolving rapidly.  I
was there when M17 support was added to the MMDVM suite, and also the arrival
of several methods of generating M17 RF.  Testing all that was fun too. :)

 Vk> Oh and your logic baffles me - a high local noise floor would affect
 Vk> receive, not transmit, and you could already hear him.

 do> My Xiegu X6100 radio has good filtering, so most of the time I can
 do> fiddle things in such a way that I can just about make out what people
 do> are saying in spite of high QRM. Them not being able to hear me could
 do> possibly be due to my antennas being inefficient (mostly end-fed random
 do> wires), and my max 10W transmit power cannot compete with the booming
 do> kilowatt European stations with beam antennas. When I go mobile with my
 do> radios I find that about 10 minutes outside our village I have a far
 do> better success-rate of being heard.

Still got nothing to do with the local noise floor, but relocating has
certainly improved propagation, which is not unusual.  I tend to get out better
from the beach or the outback, as well as where I was when I first started on
radio.  The local soil condition has a lot of inpact on propagation.  Beach has
great soil conductivity, due to the seawater.  The outback has high iron
content (it's basically rusted). :)

 do> Good luck with your move!

Thanks! :)


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