I use JT65 on TB alot. I also watch the Dx Cluster, Hamspots.net, PSKreporter, DX watch and a few others @ ALL times.. if *ANYONE* spots a station from 1836-1843 and im on JT65.. I qrx & listen to see if I hear them, or they are being called. Its that simple, even if its a EU spot for an station some where I have no prop,or any CHANCE of prop. I also find that the many of users are running 25-50w , not QRO.. JT65 has a HUGE qrp following aswell. I also know that many JT65 ops.. watch these tools ( cluster ext ext ) aswell.. as some operate on 1805-1808..the NICE thing abt JT65 is that its NOT a rag chew mode.. u exchange call grid, sig report.. and then guess what.. you dnt work them again on that band. (or @ least I dont ) Try it out, every night I usually hear 45 different stations all over the US, Canada , Mexico & ocassionally EU. Alot more than I ever here on CW unless theres a contest or a pile up.
For those who do Use JT65 pse see These valuable resources They AID you in determining if a QRG is clear when you cannot hear the other side of stuff or where there is prop -> hamspots.net, http://pskreporter.info/pskmap.html ( fill in appropriate drop down boxes for mode ,call, ect ect ) And please check the Enable RB & Enable PSKR boxes in your JT65-HFsoftware, all these do is send your received & decoded stations to the the above pages, for plotting on a map for prop reports, if anything it aids in the REDUCTION of endless CQ's. I have just abt worked all the active JT65 ops on TB that I can hear abt 45 states thus far in a few months of op time, I generally dnt CQ for hours.. I listen ALOT.. or I cq 1 or 2x and then look @ the prop reporter pages.. and see if there are monitors on, and if so If they hear me. If not.. I wait a bit n try again. I personally would rather be on CW, but I use every tool available to me (modes, spotting netwroks, endless vfo spinning @ both greylines) , as I am not a rock crushing station on TB, if I was to use *every possible tool*, I would not be putting in the effort that most of us know TB Demands. Simply put, if I want results from a way less that optimal station, not doing so is like shooting myself in the leg. 73's es HNY -Steve Raas N2JDQ http://www.qrz.com/db/N2JDQ (qrz listing has some TB audio clips for those interested in what dx sounds like from my 'lil guy' perspective) On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 10:42 AM, Joe Subich, W4TV <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 1/1/2012 11:46 AM, ZR wrote: > > I still feel that DOMESTIC JT stay up around 1995 where they wont > > bother many. > > That never stopped the SSB and AM boys for years ... they always > crowded right down to 1830 to talk across town because "that's where > their antennas worked". The same thing is going to be true for the > JT65 users - they're not going to deal with two segments/retuning > antennas when they will work anything that comes along. > > That's a fact of human nature. > > 73, > > ... Joe, W4TV > > > On 1/1/2012 11:46 AM, ZR wrote: > > I still feel that DOMESTIC JT stay up around 1995 where they wont bother > > many. They DO NOT belong in the DX window....period...unless they are > > working DX. > > > > Carl > > KM1H > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Subich, W4TV" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2011 11:48 PM > > Subject: Re: Topband: 160M JT65HF > > > > > >> > >> > Why not allocate digital mode above 1900 KHz? > >> > >> Because 1900 and up is not available in many areas of the world. > >> Although I'm not happy with TJ65 at 1838 - it's far better than > >> the over driven SSB, ESSB and AM that was the norm between 1830 > >> and 1850 a few years ago (and still exists in some areas). > >> > >> Of course 600 Watt JT65 is nothing more than an alligator ... > >> it causes a tremendous amount of QRM from all the stations calling > >> that the high power station can't hear. When someone on the East > >> Coast (or Caribbean) hear a west coast station they don't bother to > >> think that the west coast (or Pacific) station is running 10-12 dB > >> more power than "normal." > >> > >> I don't think that anyone on 160 wants a JT65 "arms race" where 1500 W > >> outputs become normal. Not only will the perception of interference to > >> other operations become worse, the very strong signals will cause AGC > >> issues that will make copying the weaker signals much more difficult > >> for everybody. > >> > >> 73, > >> > >> ... Joe, W4TV > >> > >> > >> On 12/31/2011 11:27 PM, n4is wrote: > >>> Happy New Year to all > >>> > >>> Jim, I'd love to have you as a neighbor. You know how to set up a > >>> station > >>> for best performance. I had experience with some stations in my area > >>> that > >>> wants to get long DX increasing power without knowing how to do it. I > >>> was > >>> able to hear the guy on several different frequencies and plenty of > >>> phase > >>> noise. Digital modes using AF can be very noisy if you don't know > >>> what you > >>> are doing. > >>> I have a DDR SDR and I can see the noise across the band on the water > >>> fall > >>> associated with the shift on the digital signal. > >>> > >>> Why not allocate digital mode above 1900 KHz? > >>> > >>> I know JT65, FSK441, etc. very well. I was very active on MS on 2 and > 6m > >>> when we transitioned from fast speed cw to JT modes 10 years ago. > >>> Also I did > >>> EME CW and some JT65 on 144 MHz. > >>> > >>> Regards > >>> Jose Carlos > >>> N4IS > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK > >>> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? 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