Last Saturday was a very fruitful "fun" net. We had 5 participants from the Tulsa/Broken Arrow area, Collinsville, Yukon, and even Dallas/Fort Worth. All on PSK31, with a change to Oliva 8-500 for good measure.
N5PT gave the most complete signal reports. He was running 5 watts and I consistently copied him at 21 db at my location on PSK31. The rest of the reports below are for Olivia 8-500, which will usually be a full 15 db lower due to its broadbandedness compared to PSK31.
Tim KG1GEM out of Dallas was between -6 and -9 db, but 90%+ copy.
Scott KD5NJR was 1.9 db at 5 watts and then dropped to -2 db at 1 watt. Great copy.
Scott KC5SHE was -12 db and had the least copy of the group. However, Jeff 5ME (Broken Arrow) was able to copy Scott at 24 db on PSK31 and could have easily relayed to N5PT or KG1GEM if necessary.
Like Scott KD5NJR stated, 1 watt between his location and Collinsville would be impossible on 2m or 6m. Definitely out of the question to OKC or Dallas. But he was having a blast running 1 watt on 40m NVIS.
We're going to do the "fun" net again this upcoming Saturday (February 28th) at 2:30 PM on 7036 kHz with a center frequency of 1500 Hz. We'll start out on PSK-31 and adjust from time to time. TxID will be used to make sure stations know what is the current mode from net control.
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