This is old news to most - but maybe some of you have not tried out the Reverse Beacon Network. As I type this - I am CQing on what appears to be a dead band just before my sunrise. However going to reversebeacon.net and entering my callsign - I can find out that I am indeed getting out and the band is open. I have copied one print out from the website below so you get the idea. Note the entry at the bottom from JA1LZR with a signal 17 db above the noise level. I often see entries from CX6, VK and ZL and when the band is open to EU in the morning to a couple of OH stations.
With poor activity between contests - sometimes this is the only gratification one can get on the band - but at least it is something. Tree N6TR/7 Manning, OR de dx freq cq/dx snr speed time VE6WZ <http://www.reversebeacon.net/qrz/VE6WZ> K7RAT <http://www.reversebeacon.net/qrz/K7RAT> 1820.5 CW CQ [LoTW] 30 dB 24 wpm 1546z 26 Jan N7TUG <http://www.reversebeacon.net/qrz/N7TUG> K7RAT <http://www.reversebeacon.net/qrz/K7RAT> 1825.0 CW CQ [LoTW] 2 dB 24 wpm 1545z 26 Jan N6TV <http://www.reversebeacon.net/qrz/N6TV> K7RAT <http://www.reversebeacon.net/qrz/K7RAT> 1820.5 CW CQ [LoTW] 21 dB 24 wpm 1545z 26 Jan VE6WZ <http://www.reversebeacon.net/qrz/VE6WZ> K7RAT <http://www.reversebeacon.net/qrz/K7RAT> 1820.5 CW CQ [LoTW] 27 dB 24 wpm 1544z 26 Jan VE6JY <http://www.reversebeacon.net/qrz/VE6JY> K7RAT <http://www.reversebeacon.net/qrz/K7RAT> 1820.5 CW CQ [LoTW] 28 dB 24 wpm 1542z 26 Jan VE6WZ <http://www.reversebeacon.net/qrz/VE6WZ> K7RAT <http://www.reversebeacon.net/qrz/K7RAT> 1820.5 CW CQ [LoTW] 40 dB 24 wpm 1542z 26 Jan N7TR <http://www.reversebeacon.net/qrz/N7TR> K7RAT <http://www.reversebeacon.net/qrz/K7RAT> 1820.5 CW CQ [LoTW] 36 dB 24 wpm 1542z 26 Jan WA7LNW <http://www.reversebeacon.net/qrz/WA7LNW> K7RAT <http://www.reversebeacon.net/qrz/K7RAT> 1820.5 CW CQ [LoTW] 28 dB 24 wpm 1542z 26 Jan N7TUG <http://www.reversebeacon.net/qrz/N7TUG> K7RAT <http://www.reversebeacon.net/qrz/K7RAT> 1820.5 CW CQ [LoTW] 25 dB 24 wpm 1541z 26 Jan VE6JY <http://www.reversebeacon.net/qrz/VE6JY> K7RAT <http://www.reversebeacon.net/qrz/K7RAT> 1820.5 CW CQ [LoTW] 28 dB 24 wpm 1541z 26 Jan NC7J <http://www.reversebeacon.net/qrz/NC7J> K7RAT <http://www.reversebeacon.net/qrz/K7RAT> 1820.5 CW CQ [LoTW] 19 dB 23 wpm 1541z 26 Jan VE7AB <http://www.reversebeacon.net/qrz/VE7AB> K7RAT <http://www.reversebeacon.net/qrz/K7RAT> 1820.5 CW CQ [LoTW] 32 dB 24 wpm 1541z 26 Jan JA1LZR <http://www.reversebeacon.net/qrz/JA1LZR> K7RAT <http://www.reversebeacon.net/qrz/K7RAT> 1820.5 CW CQ [LoTW] 17 dB 24 wpm 1535z 26 Jan _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector