There is quite a bit of information on the web about the new bands. As far as i know there is one transverter kit you can buy. Some ham equipment like my Yausu 857,Is ts there any thing that radio won't do? Xmit below the BC band for one. Since the band is narrow, CW and digital. People could WAS if there was some one to talk to. Don't worry about a 1/2 wave antenna, Most people who have been using the band with a part 5 experimental license use as long a wire, a big coil and a set of radials. Also an 80 meter as a flat top. short the coax at the shack end, that is your long wire with a 80 meter top hat, work this against a ground. http://njdtechnologies.net/ will be a wealth of information. I have a part 5 license and antenna . But I haven't gotten the RF on the air. First thing to do is to go to https://utc.org/plc-database-amateur-notification-process/ and get registered with those folks. It is a bit of a klunky site. Demanded many tests that I am not a robot then demanded two lat lons for my antenna. ( got the lat Lon off my i phone) I only have one antenna, I gave them the north end of the antenna. They didn't give a very good receipt, just submitted, no date stamp. If you would like to talk more give me a call, I have some mux cards that cover these frequencies. . John Parmalee [email protected] 281-380-3811 K5VGM WI2XLJ In a message dated 9/19/2017 11:38:46 AM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
Howdy all, I'm very happy to hear about the new 630-meter and 2200-meter ham bands. I mean, even if it's a difficult part of the spectrum to make use of, it's still MORE spectrum we can use, right? But I am wondering about the practical aspect; exactly how we are going to use them. Specifically: 1) Is anyone aware of any manufacturers' plans to produce and sell equipment for operation in these bands? Or is this simply going to be the province of experimenters (which is fine too)? 2) Just from the physics, it seems to me that these bands are going to be groundwave propagation only. Is that correct? And I'd think maritime ops are similar, though different. I'd be particularly interested to hear from some of the veterans who have experience with LF comms at sea, for example. Thanks! 73, KF5YHP Virus-free. www.avast.com _______________________________________________ BVARC mailing list [email protected] http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Message delivered to [email protected]
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