A quick and dirty check for condx towards VO, is to look for the carrier
of VOCM on 590khz
It's an AM station.
View difference of 9 and 10kHz channels (US and EU) it is just between
two EU channels.
Don't bother to detect modulation, because Spanish spletter will
overrule it.
Just watch the waterfall for a steady carrier.
The attached sample was taken just now with an RTL dongle which I use to
check band activity.
So if you are able and licenced to produce 10kW erp or more a CW QSO
would be possible at this moment :-)
Jan/pa3abk
[email protected] schreef op 3-11-2014 om 13:23:
Hi Mike G3XDV and Graham and Group,
Thanks for the captures and reports. It seems the weekend was fraught with
QRN QSB QRM and poor condx. Oh well, a good excuse for another event.
Thanks to Steve VE7SL for his efforts. He had better luck.
In the mean time, work continues on getting OP8 on 630m here.
73 & Thanks to all.
Joe
On Sat, 1 Nov 2014, Graham wrote:
Hi Joe
The 198 was bbc radio 4 on 198 , punched in 198KHz to get
a calibration marker on the trace , rx had only been on for a
short time , it drifted a few hz at first
That's going back a while , I thought there was a prize hihi
Try adding OP8 to the beacon , from the plots , that would of
decoded , not quite CW but actually is CW
73-G,
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From: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2014 1:12 PM
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Fw: LF: MF: VO1NA (was: VO1NA de F6CNI : 136K OP32)
Hi Graham,
I can confirm that the TX was on, but not sure what 198 and
the coconut are about. BBC 4 and the Holy Grail perhaps?
73
Joe
On Sat, 1 Nov 2014, Graham wrote:
spectrum plots seems not to be forwarded , odd
Joe ..........
I will claim the first detection this side of the pond
Nothing by ear , but short Tx on 477.7 with a quick
check on 198
can I donate the coco nut to a worthy cause ?
73- G,
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