Re: LF: 160 to 190 KHz a real magic band ?

[Warren Ziegler <wd2xgj@gmail.com>]

Graham,
   N.B. the distances quoted (1148km and 2000km) are what you might
expect for a station running in beacon mode 24x7 and there is a brief
light qrss trace at the very peak of propagation during extremely
quiet conditions which might occur once every year or couple of years.
Not a suitable signal for a QSO over these distances.

-- 
73 Warren K2ORS
                WD2XGJ
                WD2XSH/23
                WE2XEB/2
                WE2XGR/1


On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 7:16 AM, Graham <g8fzk@g8fzk.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
> Lifted  from the  WSPR  web site  http://wsprnet.org/drupal/
>
> 1 watt and  15  mtrs  of antenna ,decoding  over  1148 kmtrs  , (best round
> 2000k)    seems  to  make the  137  attempts look a little 'coy  with
> somewhat  bigger power levels and  rather  large  arrays , (possibly
> mal-adjusted ?)
>
> Is this  a band  like 500  with  enhanced  propagation ?
>
> WHAT IS THE  POSSIBILITY OF A  TA  DECODE ?
>
> The frequency range is 160 to 190 KHz. This is most commonly known as
> Part-15 operation ( under our FCC Part-15 rules ). The basics: Power is
> limited to 1 Watt DC Input to the Final amplifier, and the antenna length
> cannot exceed 15 meters, including the feed line,
>
> (XR4TN  is the experimental  call  of  KU4XR)
>
> 2010-12-10 11:16 XR4TN 0.185701 -27 0 EM75xr +30 1.000 W1VD FN31is 1148
> G..
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