Thank you Dave, as always, your response is invaluable. Yes, I was finding it hard to determine what to listen to and was concerned about accuracy - I used 7200.
Good luck in AFS CW tomorrow. On 12/1/08 19:06, "G3YMC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: > > > > M0XDF wrote: >> >> I'd like to get a list of KNOWN frequencies of broadcast stations in 10 - >> 40m in the UK - it's been pointed out tpo me that using BBC WS at 648 KHz >> is >> a not so good, because its a low freq. >> > > David > > (by the way, you can now delete the 'Waiting for K3' from your > signature...). > > We are unfortunate in Europe that after MSF stopped broadcasting time > standards on HF (apart from 60kHz) in not having a reliable standard to > check against. WWV (always recommended by Elecraft) is normally inaudible > here. The only available one is RWM on 9998kHz (also on 14996) and is what I > originally used to calibrate my K2 against. But I can't even hear that at > the moment... > > For a rough check, most of the broadcast stations at 7MHz are fairly > accurate and on the 5kHz intervals. I just checked and the one on 7200 is > pretty spot on as far as I am concerned. > > 73 Dave G3YMC -- Black holes are where God divided by zero. -Steven Wright, comedian (1955-) _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
