On 2012-09-15 4:29 AM, George, VK5IT wrote:
I do, however, suspect that because going digital is such an obvious answer
that there must already be some activity among devotees so I would be
interested in hearing what frequencies and what modes are used on 160 meters
and any comments.
73
George, VK5IT
Email: <mailto:[email protected]>
George,
There is a modest amount of activity on WSPR (another K1JT mode) at a
USB dial frequency of 1.8366 (with modulated tones between 1400 and 1600
Hz above this).
Of course, WSPR is primarily a propagation sounding mode, and no QSLs
are exchanged, but it's a good way to find out what's happening. Check
out http://wsprnet.org/drupal/wsprnet/map , select 160m and leave the
call blank to see who is on and hearing each other. Or look at
http://wsprnet.org/drupal/wsprnet/activity for a text listing of
stations active in the last 10 minutes.
My very modest station with an inefficient inverted L only 25 feet high,
is copied by VK stations from time to time while running 5 to 50 watts
from SoCal. There are also a number European stations active most days
that sometimes get two-way spots to/from your area.
I normally run version 2.21 of WSPR, which allows frequency hopping. I
have this set up for all bands from 160m to 10m (except 60m). I'm often
surprised by what bands are open at odd times.
73, Terry N6RY
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