[aprssig] Crowded band

[Joseph M. Durnal]

More doesn't = better, especially if they are 450 miles out.  Here in
the DC area way too many people are running 3 hop paths and they are
heard in Philadelphia and the same with some folks in Philadelphia -
their packets are generally not helpful to folks in DC and it creates
more congestion on the 144.39 frequency.

73 de Joseph Durnal NE3R

On Feb 1, 2008 10:09 AM, Earl Needham <earl_needham at yahoo.com> wrote:
>     I'm currently in Eloy, Arizona, headed for Tipton, California.  I
> haven't been to California in 4 or 5 years, so I'm a bit surprised to see
> how crowded the band is.  Strictly on RF, I'm seeing 65 stations, some as
> far away as 450 miles, and this from ELOY -- I'm still east of Phoenix!
>
>     This sure doesn't happen back home in Clovis.
>
>     I'm just guessing here, but I think I'm going to change my path to
> simply WIDE1-1 and depend on my mobile internet connection to allow my
> wife/family/friends to see were I am.  Hope this keeps everybody happy!
>
>     7 3
>     Earl
>
> KD5XB -- Earl Needham
> Clovis, New Mexico DM84jk
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cw_bugs
> Quoting from the Coast Guard: ZUT
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