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Hi Mike
Tnx for the info but I was not monitoring last nite, so probably missed all
the action. I have seen acty around 505 khz but I did not wait around long
enough for an ID I think a sensible speed for this band should not be
slower than qrs 3. My observations show that there is considerable QSB on dx
signals on this band, more like 160 m at times. I worked some USA stns recently
on 160 m and the QSB was bad, not always the case but recently very
noticeable.
Qrs 30/60/90 etc is far too slow on 500 khz because of the QSB the signals
are all chopped up and virtually impossible to get an ID.
Some years ago when the band was in use by the marine service I could copy
ships across the atlantic and out to the far east Japan etc at night
time pretty well every night but the average ships TX was running 1kw
out and a good inv L anternna, some large ships probably had a 1/4 antenna, a
big ERP.
Copy was on normal CW.
I will look out for acty when time permits.
73 de Mal/G3KEV
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2006 6:01
AM
Subject: LF: Re: 500
Hi Mal,
The band is very busy tonight with many stations on the air right now
around 506kc. Everyone is armchair copy in regular CW. At 505.7kc there is a
21wpm CW station out of Colorado USA running 100w output to a vertical.
Mike
WE0H
WD2XGI
WD2XSH/16
EN35hj
----- Original Message -----
From: hamilton mal
Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 3:28
AM
Subject: LF: 500
Hi All
I noticed a burst of acty last nite at 2314z on 505
khz approx. The keying
was fast and lasted 80 secs No ID.
I was set at
qrs 3
73 G3KEV
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