Hearing the WB5BRY repeater in Lubbock, TX here tonight. That's just over a hundred miles away. First time I've heard that.
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Heh. I can bring it up on 5 watts. Nice. Nobody to talk to at this time of night though.
@arth I visit Brownfield, TX pretty frequently, but I can’t usually bring up any of the repeaters in Lubbock with my HT. Must have been some good propagation.
We were just there this weekend and I didn’t even pull out my radio. I guess I should have!
@brainofdane@hachyderm.io This happened with the FT-991A here at my QTH, with a fair to midland outdoor antenna that's just a few feet off the ground. It's on the same frequency as a local repeater here (Portales, NM) and that's the only reason I happened to hear it. I thought that there was no way it would hear me on the 5 watts I usually use for local QSO's, so I cranked it all the way up to 50 watts and was able to hit it. Then I went down on power in increments and got all the way down to as low as my radio can go, which is 5. I was surprised I could still open the repeater at that low power at this distance with the somewhat compromised antenna I use. It was just too bad there seemed to be nobody around to talk to.
@arth ah yeah, that’s a crazy shot from portables even though everything is flat out there. The few times I’ve tried VHF/UHF in Brownfield, repeaters and calling channels were dead. Doesn’t seem to be much activity out on the caprock.
