26 June 06 Tropo - KH6HME 70 cm beacon (0.5 mb)

26 June 06 Tropo - KH6HME 70 cm almost a QSO! (0.6 mb)

Graphic of local weather condition on 26 June 06 at 3100' and near sea level

Hepburn's Tropo Prediction for 26 June 06

GOES satellite visible image 26 June 06 2300Z (1600 PDT)

GOES water vapor image 26 June 06 2300Z (1600 PDT)

Station consists of: FT-847 with 100 Watt Mirage amps for 2 meters and 70 cm. Antennas are my Oscar array - KLM 2m-14C (7 x 7 crossed Yagi RHCP) and KLM 435-18C (9 x 9 crossed Yagi LHCP) (path did not favor either LH or RH circular polarization.) 70cm SSB mast mounted Preamp.

1296 rig is a DEM 1296 to 144 Transverter with preamp and 15 Watt PA, TenTec 144 to 28 MHz transverter, and Radio Shack HTX-10 10 meter allmode. Antenna is M2 23CM22EZ.

QTH is north of Lincoln City, Oregon in CN75xa, at 90 feet above sea level, two blocks from the beach.