I shall be there, boots blacked and at the
ready!!
Buy shares in Alcan foil as I will be
cornering the world market in order to turn my garden into a huge capacitor! The
XYL will have a seizure and the cats wont be happy either!
Like the man said the 9 Kcs craze is but the latest Appliance
Operator TOY, however when you fire up the TOY I will look out for you, Jim
might join in.
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Sent: Tuesday, February
23, 2010 4:38 PM
Mal,
G7NKS has largely echoed my views on your email.
Yes, HF conditions have been getting better. VK9 was worked on 10m from the UK today (on CW
and not by me). I was able to
decode the 1W WSPR signals on 10m from V53ARC (running just 1W) this morning
and from FR1GZ (10W) yesterday. WSPR is hugely helpful in propagation testing
on the higher HF bands and does not need much power. There is lots of WSPR activity on HF, although more
on 10m would be useful to help seek out fleeting openings. PSK31 is widely used
of course.
Regarding <9kHz, clearly it is very unlikely any great distances will be
spanned, but there is much that can be learned from such experiments. I have
experimented with this in the past and hope to do so again soon, but using the
best weak signal techniques this time.
Your remarks about 500kHz "appliance operators" are not
helpful. However, it's a free country and you're entitled to express your
views, even if we choose to differ.
73s
Roger G3XBM
On 23 February 2010 14:50, mal hamilton
<[email protected]> wrote:
Generally band condx vy good at present from LF to HF as far
as 24 Mcs. Modes mostly CW and SSB world wide, some strong USA stns.
What is noticeable is the lack of Amtor, Pactor and packet
transmissions but RTTY seems to have survived over the years.
Observations indicate that data mode acty does not last
long, the novelty wares off, whereas the traditional modes CW, SSB and RTTY are
still going strong.
Some will argue that cw and rtty are data but I am referring
to the fly by night data modes Amtor, pactor, packet and all the JT, wspr etc,
tuning across the bands today I did not hear any of these modes.
Obviously the majority of ham operators are not interested.
It would appear MF attracts the Appliance Operator, and the 8.7739872 Kcs
Dreamers!!
If you fancy your chances on VLF below 9 Kcs I will listen
out. I have a suitable RX and antenna.
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