--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, kh6ty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Started listening to 30m at 8 AM. Only heard a propnet station
coming on periodically. For one hour, no other activity - took a *big*
risk - called CQ! ;-)
Worked Columbia and California.
When in doubt - just try calling
Skip KH6TY,
Thanks for your report and post!
As Andy and others have indicated the MEPT and PropNet data is good
information:
http://www.wsprnet.org/meptspots.php
http://propnet.findu.com/catch.cgi?band=HGlast=4geo=world.geo
(although PropNet doesn't have enough stations outside NA to really
Thanks Andy, and to add to the Dead Band reports, W8LEW and myself
(KE5HAM) recently experimented on 30 meters trying to determine how
low we could go in power. We started out with about 50 watts and
managed to drop our power progressively to 1 watt on each end and
maintain 100% contacts -
I am always amazed at the people who say I never call CQ My first
question is alwayWHY?. It takes two to tango!
Time and again, I have listened to 10 meters and heard absolutely nothing.
A couple of CQs often brings a few out of the woodwork. One of my MACROS on
WinWarbler is an automatic CQ,