Return-Path: Received: from rly-de04.mx.aol.com (rly-de04.mail.aol.com [172.19.170.140]) by air-de08.mail.aol.com (v121_r5.5) with ESMTP id MAILINDE082-4cf497ca9c888; Sun, 25 Jan 2009 13:05:01 -0500 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [193.82.116.20]) by rly-de04.mx.aol.com (v121_r4.4) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINDE046-4cf497ca9c888; Sun, 25 Jan 2009 13:04:58 -0500 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1LR9Ld-0001S1-Pj for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Sun, 25 Jan 2009 18:04:41 +0000 Received: from [193.82.59.130] (helo=relay2.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1LR9Ld-0001Rs-8M for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sun, 25 Jan 2009 18:04:41 +0000 Received: from sighthound.demon.co.uk ([80.177.174.126]) by relay2.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1LR9LZ-0001vS-Bz for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sun, 25 Jan 2009 18:04:41 +0000 Received: from lurcher (lurcher.twatt.home [10.0.0.8]) by rsync.twatt.local (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E71C3B6DF for ; Sun, 25 Jan 2009 18:04:31 +0000 (GMT) Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 18:04:30 +0000 From: John P-G To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Message-ID: <20090125180430.1d63e1c7@lurcher> In-Reply-To: References: <20090125092908.0aec06a4@lurcher> <7EC707A6E2D94414AEBBC52C6159581C@JimPC> <002001c97f0a$cf16fac0$ae01a8c0@youry0mkaz8jaq> <20090125165335.47fc3399@lurcher> <7690F13DCE5D44BA8A5AA126607E7979@JimPC> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.5.0 (GTK+ 2.14.4; i486-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Spam-Score: 0.1 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,AWL=0.120 Subject: Re: LF: Re: WSPR 503.5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out_1@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-AOL-IP: 193.82.116.20 On Sun, 25 Jan 2009 17:40:27 +0000 Andy Talbot wrote: > Is there some sort of unofficial bandplan on this band? Oh no! Please let's not get into this again.... At the moment there is no bandplan, but general concensus would indicate "beacons at the band edges - real QSOs in the middle". The current WSPR activity around 503.5 (502.0 dial) seems reasonable, although moving up a few hundred Hz wouldn't hurt, say to 502.3 dial which gives a 200Hz window at 503.7 - 503.9 There are often CW mode beacons near the bottom of the band - GI4DPE, GW3UEP and others, and it's convenient to have them there - it allows monitoring them and SK6RUD concurrently. That's just my view on how things have evolved. "Real Man's CW" seems to live around 502.63 John GM4SLV