[600MRG] looking for power point presentations on 600m

[Edward R Cole]

John,

Thanks.  I did expect that a presentation might need some editing, 
but that is faster than starting from scratch.  I actually have 1-1/2 
hour time slot, but probably need to condense that else I put folks 
to sleep!  I figured making a brief presentation showing the number 
of current players and maybe status of countries activating ham radio 
on 600m.  Brief discussion on receivers and transmitters and 
antennas; common distances covered; modes.  Then let the questions 
cover the rest.

Particularly many think one needs a 40-acre antenna farm to do LF 
(and 600m is lumped in with LF in most minds).  I would not have 
expected the DX range covered when I started.  This a propagation 
band at night and during the winter which is "somewhat" like 160m.  I 
actually started observing the lower BC band as a kid before I 
discovered ham radio.  Back in the great AM days of the 
1950's!  Finding the dozen or more active NDB's up here fills the gap 
in local stations  (only 3 of us which are clustered inside 100mi circle).

73, Ed - KL7UW
QRT-Tx for summer months as ground radials are "rolled up" for lawn 
mowing season.  Antenna still works fine in Rx.

At 04:52 AM 7/8/2014, John Langridge wrote:
>Ed,
>
>My survey presentation has been a big hit fpr the 11 times I have 
>presented it in the last 2 years, but its 52 minutes long and the 
>power point itself is mostly pics and diagrams that I discuss rather 
>then relying on text in slides, and its specifically from the 
>perspective of my station and what it took to get on the band.. I 
>doubt that will help you in your quest.
>
>You might check with Rudy or John Molnar.  I think both of their 
>presentations are also nearly an hour long but as I recall, they 
>relied more on the slides to self-describe what was being looked 
>at.  In short, they are flexible enough to be self explanatory and 
>stand on their own.
>
>good luck and thank you for working to spread the word about the 
>band to the masses!
>
>73,
>
>John XIQ
>
>
>From: Edward R Cole <kl7uw at acsalaska.net>
>To: 600MRG at w7ekb.com
>Sent: Monday, July 7, 2014 6:35 PM
>Subject: [600MRG] looking for power point presentations on 600m
>
>I do not have time to work up my own presentation and have an open
>time period at our local hamfest next Saturday.  Does anyone have
>something they did?  30-minute with same period for Q&A.
>
>73, Ed - KL7UW
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