Hey, Mark.
I also hear a very weak carrier around 1830. There is a South American AM
station at 1820 that I hear when the band is open to my south. Other than
that, no birdies or other stuff.
73,
Jim, K4ZMV
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark J. Schreiner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Elecraft Reflector" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2007 8:49 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 160m activity?
Hmm, interesting to note about the every 10 kHz. I have no such problems
here and wonder if others have noted the same that Jim has. I'd be happy
to conclude that my radio isn't broken if it doesn't pick up those
carriers, though, HI HI! I'll check it out again tonight but this morning
I did a quick scan and found an annoying S3-4 carriers around 1841.25, and
1854.62 but don't remember hearing them normally. I also heard a fainter
carrier around 1830.0, however I don't ever remember these being an issue
in the past while operating during the evening hours. Of course, maybe my
saturation level of AM Broadcast is not so prevalent here in PA as it
could be in CA.
I didn't even know that folk still listened to AM Broadcast anymore, HI
HI! Just as a side note I've even found FM to become more annoying to
listen to and have recently switched to one of the satellite based radios
which I thought I would never do, but it is much more pleasant to listen
to what I intend to tune into rather than the many commercials that plague
the commercial broadcast stations otherwise. I used to constantly switch
between various FM stations whenever I heard a commercial, and found that
I was doing that more than I was listening to music, but not anymore. It
seemed that radio stations were coordinating their commercial times, as it
seems that TV stations do as well. Oh, sorry for my digression from the
Elecraft topic at hand, though, that of 160m QRP activity.
Mark, NK8Q
Jim Brown wrote:
On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 03:37:22 +0000, Mark J. Schreiner wrote:
The CW QRP calling frequency is 1810 kHz.
Any frequency that divides by 10 kHz can be a poor choice on 160 (and on
80 too), especially if you're running QRP, thanks to intermod from
broadcast stations. I almost always hear a carrier on 1810, often on
1820, 1830, and 1840. Most of the time they're down around S3, but not
always. And the guys around Fresno are struggling with an intermod
product that used to be 30 dB over 9, but last I heard, is now down
around S6.
73,
Jim Brown K9YC
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