Hi all,
It is a fine day here today in Wellington, so there is little doubt that we
will have ZL6QH running on LF from this afternoon. The DFCW emission will
use 137.7896/137.7900 kHz, with 120 second dot length, sending QQQQ.... from
earlier than 0700 UTC till after 1700 UTC (equivalent to Saturday night New
Zealand time, overnight and with some light periods evening and morning as
well).
If LF propagation is suitable with Steve VE7SL (he has twice before received
ZL6QH on LF) , then ZL6QH will decrease the dot length to 20 seconds or so
to attempt a cross-band contact, LF to HF. This attempt could occur over
the time frame of 1400 - 1530 UTC, in the pre-dawn period for VE7. This
happens to be in the pre-pre-dawn period for ZL6QH and may be conducive to
watching eyelids rather than S meters, however if that happens it will
explain the change of signal format for other DX listeners, during that
period. All other times ZL6QH will stick to 120 second dot length
transmission.
73, Bob ZL2CA
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