Stefan;
73 kHz band is going to be difficult from my preliminary tests. Seems to be a lack of skywave. I think skywave is going to be rather scarce and best I am doing so far is out to Kansas but it is ground wave am sure. Got to get the ground system rolled out here soon as lawn mowing ends. That should help to give me more field strength on all the bands. Going to try 73 periodically and see what shakes out!
I have worked PA0A on CW by ear last winter on 500. Yes our 500 licenses go down to 470 region. In winter we should have no trouble working CW by ear am sure and will be looking forward to it as you would be even further away from me than PA. I also worked into N. Ireland and I went to SSB and was heard and worked Finbar, EI0CL [I forgot the suffix of his call] cross mode as he has no SSB authorization. Jay, Warren and I work regularly Sunday evenings on 510 upper throughout the Winter months.
I see no takers for 73. Gary has a grabber on 73 for us and using QRSS 500 spec lab and I tried last nite but never saw a trace. With ground system out this Winter his grabber may be a winner-Bob
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 00:36:21 +0200
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Hi Bob,
Success! :-) Welcome! :-)
Sorry i can't receive on 4000m here since my receivers are mono band
homemade DC converters (for 137 kHz and 472 kHz) and direct sampling
receivers at 0...24 kHz.
But, i remember you were the strongest station on MF (is that 472...479
kHz for your licence?) last season. Are you a CW man as well? Do you
think it is realistic to try for a TA CW QSO? If, then it could work in
november to february. So far i'm only getting sporadic WSPR-2 decodes
at WD2XSH/17. My WSPR signal is QRP though. At least VO1NA copied my
signal in GN37OR last year...
Worth a try? I'm continuously doing overnite WSPR-2 tests on 630m.
73, Stefan/DK7FC
Am 24.09.2013 23:45, schrieb Bob Raide:
All;
With Stefan's help I seem to have finally made it into the group. I am
Bob Raide W2ZM with exp. license's for 500, 137, and most recently 73
kHz band.
I am ready to fire up on 72.401 with Qrss 60 if anyone is interested to
try for a capture tonite. Or I can change to 137 if no one is
interested in 4000 meters.
500 kHz call-WE2XGR/6, 137-WE2XEB, 73-WG2XRS/4
Thanks all, Bob
