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In this installment of "No Random Contacts" we are setting out to establish a 41 mile VHF simplex contact to a known quantity in my network of known operators. We'll even try a couple of radios and antennas.
0:00 Introduction
0:35 Mission Objective
2:40 Test 1 - VX-6 at 5w with rubber duck
3:13 Test 2 - VX-6 at 5w with Comet BNC-24
3:48 Test 3 - VX-6 at 5w with Arrow II Yagi
4:29 Test 4 - FT-2980 at 5w with Arrow II Yagi
5:58 Test 5 - FT-2980 at 10w with Arrow II Yagi
7:02 Test 6 - FT-2980 at 30w with Arrow II Yagi
8:00 AM Test 7 - FT-2980 at 80w with Arrow II Yagi
9:15 After Action Report - What we did
9:54 After Action Report - How we did it
10:50 After Action Report - Our Stations
12:32 After Action Report - Test Recap
18:07 Mast & Arrow II Yagi
20:14 Close
21:36 Bonus Elmer Audio
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