One week from tonight, on Saturday Feb 4th, the 2nd Midwinter 630m Activity Event will take place. The highlight of this event will be the opportunity for amateurs, throughout North America, to attempt crossband CW contacts with Canadian amateurs operating on 630m.
Canadian stations will call CQ on announced frequencies within the 630m band and listen on individual HF (QSX) frequencies for callers. Due to the RTTY and Sprint activities on the same night, some of the QSX frequencies have been shifted from those that might normally have been used in the past. There appears to be a lot of growing interest in 630m among topband operators. It is hoped that the USA will soon have access to 630m as a ham band. There will also be a large turnout of U.S. experimental activity, either in beacon mode or in two-way QSO mode with other experimental service stations. In past events, several Transcontinental crossband contacts have been completed. It is hoped that operating events such as this can serve to demonstrate the interesting propagation possibilities of this unique part of the spectrum and generate more new interest in the 630m band. To read more about this event, please see the ARRL news announcement here: http://www.arrl.org/news/second-annual-midwinter-630-meter-activity-night-set-for-february-4-5 This time out, there will be six Canadian stations, from Newfoundland to the west coast, hoping to work as many of you as possible! Station: CF7MM (Mark) CN89 Coquitlam, British Columbia Time: February 5, 0200-0700 UTC Transmit frequency: 475.0 kHz Receive (QSX) frequency: 1,801 kHz, 3,501 kHz, 3,528, and 7,028 kHz Station: VE7BDQ (John) CN89 Delta, British Columbia Time: February 5, 0300-0700 UTC Transmit frequency: 474.0 kHz Receive (QSX) frequency: 1,833 kHz, 3,533 kHz Station: CG7CNF (Toby) CN89 Burnaby, British Columbia Time: February 5, 0200-0800 UTC Transmit frequency: 476.5 kHz Receive (QSX) frequency: 1,827 kHz, 3,527 kHz, 7,027 kHz Station: VE7SL (Steve) CN88 Mayne Island, British Columbia Time: February 5, 0200-0700 UTC Transmit frequency: 473.0 kHz Receive (QSX) frequency: 3,526 kHz, 7,115 kHz Station: VO1NA (Joe) GN37 Torbay, Newfoundland Time: February 4, 2130 UTC, until February 5, 0130 UTC; After 0130 UTC, 5WPM CW beacon until 1000 UTC Transmit frequency: 477.7 kHz Receive (QSX) frequency: 3,525.5 kHz Station: VE3OT (Mitch) EN92 London, Ontario Time: February 5, 0000-0500 UTC Transmit frequency: 477.0 kHz Receive (QSX) frequency: 3,610 kHz, 7,105 kHz Steve, VE7SL 73 New site location: WEB - "The VE7SL Radio Notebook": http://qsl.net/ve7sl/ VE7SL BLOG - "Homebrewing and Operating Adventures From 2200m to Nanowaves": http://ve7sl.blogspot.ca/ _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
