raypsi wrote:
Hey OM:

I seen a van on youtube this guy had two dual 4-1000a PA's, and a gas
powered generator in the back. On 20 meters he'd be rocking the world.
Do you think he was running class A? I don't think he was using it to
break pileups.

73 OM
de n8zu



A PAIR of 4-1000A's? HOLY CRAP, BATMAN!! I'd be surprised if he didn't
melt the sides and roof off on the van Do you have a link to the
video on youtube? I'd like to see that

Scott
N0EDV

Hey OM

I am still tryin to cobble together a 4-1000a PA I first did my
research googled the heck out of 4-1000a. By golly there is a tonne of
stuff out there. I'm sure I found it while googling google video.

My base station would have frequency hopping beacons on all HF bands,
so I could tell what the best frequency is to use. I would always get
an update of the MUF off the internet. Along with any solar activity,
the solar flux, A and K indices, sun spots are down so you won't have
to worry about those for about 5 more years.

You just can't do that with a single band that's only a few Khz wide

Maybe he should go VLF like the bubble heads do and use D star digital
on VLF band. With a big bug catcher basket wound coil on VLF would
look like a cooling tower on a van.

73 OM
de n8zu

On Jul 31, 7:17*am, Scott wrote:
raypsi wrote:
Hey OM:

I seen a van on youtube this guy had two dual 4-1000a PA's, and a gas
powered generator in the back. On 20 meters he'd be rocking the world.
Do you think he was running class A? I don't think he was using it to
break pileups.

73 OM
de n8zu

A PAIR of 4-1000A's? *HOLY CRAP, BATMAN!! *I'd be surprised if he didn't
* melt the sides and roof off on the van *Do you have a link to the
video on youtube? *I'd like to see that

Scott
N0EDV

I find a set of 811As to be quite efficient and useful on occasion. I have
no need of hundreds of people calling me in frustration who are 3 s-units
below the noise floor.

Carrier pidgeon is about the only reliable communication
method under those criteria.

wrote in message
...
im an EE, but have never gotten into ham radio. Now, I have a reason!
Im going off roading in the california desert, and I'd like to be able
to communicate back home in San Diego. What band and equipment would
be the best (for both base and mobile) in order to communicate
reliably during the day? Or is this unreasonable?

Hey OM:

From one of my fav sources wiki pedia:
"Carrier pigeons historically carried messages only one way, to their
home."

So if you're mobile you can forget two way communication.
The pigeon sent from your base would never find you in your mobile.

73 OM
de n8zu




On Aug 8, 8:39 am, "Eddy Grant" wrote:
Carrier pidgeon is about the only reliable communication
method under those criteria.

wrote in message

...

im an EE, but have never gotten into ham radio. Now, I have a reason!
Im going off roading in the california desert, and I'd like to be able
to communicate back home in San Diego. What band and equipment would
be the best (for both base and mobile) in order to communicate
reliably during the day? Or is this unreasonable?

Hey OM:

From one of my fav sources wiki pedia:
"Carrier pigeons historically carried messages only one way, to their
home."

So if you're mobile you can forget two way communication.
The pigeon sent from your base would never find you in your mobile.

73 OM
de n8zu




On Aug 8, 8:39 am, "Eddy Grant" wrote:
Carrier pidgeon is about the only reliable communication
method under those criteria.

wrote in message

...

im an EE, but have never gotten into ham radio. Now, I have a reason!
Im going off roading in the california desert, and I'd like to be able
to communicate back home in San Diego. What band and equipment would
be the best (for both base and mobile) in order to communicate
reliably during the day? Or is this unreasonable?