Mike and Don,
I am a relay and N.C.S. in the Pacific Maritime Mobile
Service Net. We meet 365.25 days a year from 22:00 to
24:00Z on 21.412.
Being there nearly daily for eight years, I have found
the band open most days, but prop. can be very spotty.
The last six weeks or so 15M has improved, due to a few
more points on the solar flux index. We get daily check-
ins from our relays in Japan and Mindanao. Stateside, the
first-hop range varies from as short as 600 miles to as
long as 2500 mi.
Listen on 21.150 for the worldwide beacons, 18 stations
around the globe, and in three minutes listening you will
know where it's open. Most days, I have a solid path to
W4-land, AZ,OR and W6, as well as the DX.
I've worked a dozen or so AM rigs, the AM "watering -
hole" seems to be 21.420, triple-up my 7140 rock up to
15M?, sounds like fun as it is a GREAT band for low to
med. power rigs.
I'll be listening for y'all on 21.420.
de AD5HR
Jon
--- On Mon, 10/26/09, D. Chester <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: D. Chester <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Get Ready for 15 meters
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Monday, October 26, 2009, 8:32 AM
> > From: "Mike Duke, K5XU" <[email protected]>
> >
> > It's funny how the bands almost always open for
> contests.
> >
> > Today, 15 meters was filled with strong ssb signals
> from the bottom up
> > to above 21.350.
> >
> > The upper end was not nearly as crowded.
>
> I suspect the bands are open a lot more than we
> think, but if everyone
> assumes the band is closed or waits for someone else to
> call CQ and no-one
> transmits, no signals will be heard and the band
> WILL sound dead
>
> I often hear multiple CW beacons chirping away at the
> bottom end of the
> "dead" 10m band.
>
> Don k4kyv
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