There was a large solar "event" a few days ago. (;-( 73
K0PP On Apr 24, 2016 6:44 PM, "Wayne Burdick" <[email protected]> wrote: > Here in Northern California, at least at my QTH, the bands seem to be in > very poor shape. (It doesn't help that my OCF dipole has one leg on the > ground due to high winds.) > > At times like this, the SCAN function available on most Elecraft > transceivers can help you find signals you might otherwise miss. SCAN does > the work for you while you check your email, play chess, re-read The Lord > of the Rings, shave, etc. > > When a signal pops up, scanning stops, and the receiver unmutes briefly so > you can consider the signal's worthiness. As you'll discover, bands that > were "dead" may not be, in reality. My favorite band for this sort of thing > is 15 meters, in the late afternoon. A minute or two after starting a scan, > you may hear DX appear from out of nowhere. > > For specific instructions for your rig, check the table of contents in the > owner's manual. > > Here a few general tips: > > - use a narrow filter passband when possible, especially if the band is > noisy > > - the tuning RATE in effect when scan starts determines how long it takes > to scan the selected segment; finer-tuning slows things down, and may > result > in detection of weaker signals > > - if the band is noisy (QRN), the SCAN function may unmute too frequently; > try > using the noise blanker > > 73, > Wayne > N6KR > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
