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bravo22b · 02-26-2013, 18:00

It's been a while since I have posted anything on this, but I thought I would add something as my unit increases its' proficiency and experience with using the 150. Our drill this past weekend took us to Camp Santiago, Puerto Rico and one of our training goals was to do HF shots back to Hagerstown, MD. Total distance was approximately 2640 kilometers.

We had extremely limited training time and real estate, so we weren't able to get each LRS team set up with their own antenna, but our commo section got a sloping vee set up using a Harris RF-1940 antenna, and got very good link quality back to Hagerstown. I don't have the LQA scores handy, but it was good enough link quality over 3G ALE to use digital voice without a lot of problems.

The antenna was set up on a hilltop with the apex about 18' off the ground on a OE-254 mast, legs approximately 75' long (whatever the standard length of the RF-1940 leg is), and spread about 50'-60' apart.

I'll see if I can get any more details and post them if I do.

02-26-2013, 18:00	#41
bravo22b Guerrilla Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Southeastern PA Posts: 207	Ongoing use of the 150 It's been a while since I have posted anything on this, but I thought I would add something as my unit increases its' proficiency and experience with using the 150. Our drill this past weekend took us to Camp Santiago, Puerto Rico and one of our training goals was to do HF shots back to Hagerstown, MD. Total distance was approximately 2640 kilometers. We had extremely limited training time and real estate, so we weren't able to get each LRS team set up with their own antenna, but our commo section got a sloping vee set up using a Harris RF-1940 antenna, and got very good link quality back to Hagerstown. I don't have the LQA scores handy, but it was good enough link quality over 3G ALE to use digital voice without a lot of problems. The antenna was set up on a hilltop with the apex about 18' off the ground on a OE-254 mast, legs approximately 75' long (whatever the standard length of the RF-1940 leg is), and spread about 50'-60' apart. I'll see if I can get any more details and post them if I do.
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