This blog is no longer active. The blog format just was not working for the type of material I have planned so I made public a URL that I have been using in a limited distribution mode. It is now public and can be viewed by anyone.
The new web page is in "construction mode" and will be a bit messy until I learn the software and decide on the exact format that will be used. I appreciate any comments about either the subject matter or the way it is presented. email me ron@griddowncomms.com with your comments.
I apologize for the big delay in updating the material. We left AZ in May and have been bouncing around the country visiting folks and learning more techniques. Hopefully things will steady down a bit and allow me to concentrate on this project.
I have been working a lot of 60m NVIS and would like to sked with anyone within about 300 or so miles from Ellsworth Maine. We are in the woods downeast, and that is the nearest city that would show up on a map. I have been getting good contacts in a 300 mile radius. Need people at various ranges withing that circle to test coverage. I should (and it appears I do) have very good signal in the covered area, but I need a lot more at various ranges to test the various NVIS antennas in use.
Email me at ron@griddowncomms.com I am usually on 60 in the evening around sundown and a bit later. Not every evening though. Lots going on and we have visitors for the next several weeks so it will be hectic. However I really would like to explore coverage issues. Especially if you are using one of the NVIS designed antennas. Actually most hams have their wires so low that they are NVIS on 60m and that would be an interesting aspect to test.
See you at
www.GridDownComms.com
