Jim,
Congrats on the Canadian 600 meter allocation!
I would caution you against making the mistake that the ARRL
made here in the U.S. and that was asking for a 20W ERP limit under
the erroneous assumption that they could fly under the radar by asking
for lower power. In fact the FCC just as easily granted 200W ERP to
the WE2XGR stations and would have probably granted more power.
WSPR, WOLF, QRSS etc. are fantastic tools and are absolutely necessary
under very weak signal conditions but appeal to only a small subset of
the amateur community. With 200W ERP we can easily be heard at
transcontinental distances on cw and even ssb has crossed the ocean on
500kHz. I worry that each new amateur band seems to get less and less
power, 250 Watts on 30 meters, 50 Watts on 60 meters - the logical
progression would be 20 Watts on 500 and 1 Watt on137kHz.
Eventually you will be able to transmit anywhere - with zero power!
73 Warren K2ORS
On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 11:00 AM, Jim and Hannelore Fisher
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Congratulations on #1000, G3XIZ!
>
>
>
> I chair the Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) LF/MF/HF Band Planning Committee,
> and several of us are interested in participating in the recently-authorized
> Canadian Developmental Service experiments on 500 kHz. We are receiving
> active support on this effort from the Regulatory Affairs wing of RAC, who
> are Industry Canada’s gatekeepers. This period is preliminary to the coming
> world meeting where this will be discussed. We hope to get several stations
> transmitting 25% of the time and a lot more across Canada receiving, so it
> should add to WSPR’s activity and spotting at this frequency.
>
>
>
> I’m not sure what you were saying about hand-sent CW vs. WSPR; I also love
> CW but am amazed what WSPR can offer. Other authorized Canadian
> participants in this program are already using CW, and most of my 100,000+
> QSOs over 53+ years have been CW, but we are expecting our little group to
> propose two frequencies (we must be specific) and use 503.9 WSPR beacon
> mode, break in using the WSJT WSPR mode, and QSY to our “working frequency”,
> where we can use any mode within the 1 kHz permissible bandwidth. Contenders
> for working frequency QSOs might vary from some of the JT modes to OLIVIA to
> CW depending on what signal levels we are experiencing with feasible
> antennas and our power limitations. The purpose of all this will be able to
> understand whether 600M can offer utility for ham radio-scale stations for
> emergency, and how its usability varies with conditions including aurora.
>
>
>
> Last night, using my 160M 1/2w sloper aimed at the Pacific Rim, I spotted
> SM6BHZ over 40 times on 502.4+.
>
>
>
> We are looking for info on successful approaches to generating WSPR and
> other modes on 500 kHz. I’m presently thinking of a transverter with my
> transceiver’s transverter output, but I’m open and others in our group may
> want to try other approaches.
>
>
>
> 73,
>
>
>
> Jim, VE1JF
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
|
