Over the past several weeks I have been operating digital modes on 30m and have come to the conclusion that
This is a highly under-rated band. Currently there are 3 automatic spotting stations running on 30M PSK on 10140.0. They are N9Puz, KF4IN, and VK2XGT. The spotting page is very rapid, with spots appearing as fast as you do. VK2XGT is hearing very little North American stations, with only the occasional K6 showing up. The VK station is posting lots of European stations, however and I can only hope that our summer propagation on 30M is as good as what they are hearing. >From my QTH, which is DO70QK , N9PUZ is 1668km (1000 miles) away and KF4IN is 3197km (1900 miles) away. Both stations are almost on the same bearing from me (approx 130deg) Most days, N9PUZ is able to hear me from about 1300Z to 0400/0500Z, and posts my call automatically . even when the band appears to be completely dead in the evenings, the N9 station usually posts my call after the first try. KF4IN will post calls from me at different times during the day mainly from 1600z to 2200z. I have not shown up on the VK station. It would be interesting to see a little more activity on 30M in the evenings to see what the propagation really does. The 30M spotting page can be found at http://www.projectsandparts.com/30m/ John VE5MU
