There is http://pskreporter.info/ which doesn't use beacons, but justs real transmitters calling CQ around the world to monitor propagation conditions. The number of monitoring systems typically peaks at around 200 over the weekend.
Check out the current map at http://pskreporter.info/pskmap and if you enter your callsign, it will show you where your CQ is being heard. Now you can tell if the reason that you don't get response is becuase people are ignoring you, or they just don't hear you. Philip --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "Gmail - Kevin, Natalia, Stacey & Rochelle" <spar...@...> wrote: > > Hi All, > > Just having a brain spark (not so many now-a-days) > > With all the new digital modes being devopled upto this date and the way some > work; I was wondering if there could be some of propagation tool here? > Thought would be some form of automation on spot frequecies on the different > bands that cold record/monitor the propergation between continents. > Of course this would require stations to dedicate their radio to this, but it > could only be when the radio was not in operator use. > I can remember quite a few years ago a ham friend who was a Amtor/Packet > Sysop (using a PK-232) and he mentioned the band switching would allow him to > get a good propagation view. But it was limited as it was setup for specific > remote stations, he was not transferring to Asia or Europe, his hop was > Austrailia and a couple of West Coast stations. > > It would require the software to control the scanning and switching of bands > on the radio. Most radios that have scan functions, once switched to TX will > not satrt scanning again. > > Thought would be to have the software scan each band at (say) 3 min intervals > within a 30 min period, this would allow for slight differences in computer > clocks. And then TX and monitor for 5 mins, recording any propergation > traffic. Now I might be well off the mark here, just throwing something into > the air for thoughts. > Then the cycle woud start again. > The data could then be uploaded to a central (online) monitoring database. > The software could be configured to ignor certain calls for a band as this > would swamp the reports. (I don't want to know ZL's (or even VK's) are being > heard on 80 or 40mtrs, but I would like to know and report if Europe, Asia or > the Americas are. > > Here is how I would see it > > mm - Band > 00 - 160Mtrs > 03 - 80Mtrs > 06 - 40Mtrs > 09 - 30Mtrs > 12 - 20Mtrs > 15 - 17Mtrs > 18 - 15Mtrs > 21 - 13Mtrs > 24 - 10Mtrs > 27 - 6Mtrs (Most new radios have this now) > > And then back to the top of the 30 min cycle again. > > I don't know what mode would be the best but I was thinking digital PSK31, > but there could be a better digital mode. > > Anyway just some thoughts I had floating around and thought I would put it > out there. I might be totally off the mark, but hey got to put things out > there to think about. > > Thanks for Listening. > > Kevin, ZL1KFM. >
