Hi John, I've often wondeered why I only see stns from Europe and not the
USA. I agree that 30Mx is a fascinating band, a lot like 6Mx only more
fun. B-)
The Call is VK2XGJ not T.
73, John de VK2XGJ
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----- Original Message -----
From: "John Bradley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <digitalradio@yahoogroups.com>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 9:23 AM
Subject: [digitalradio] 30 meter Observations
> Over the past several weeks I have been operating digital modes on 30m and
> have come to the conclusion that
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> This is a highly under-rated band.
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> 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.
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> 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)
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> 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.
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>
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> It would be interesting to see a little more activity on 30M in the
> evenings
> to see what the propagation really does.
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>
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> The 30M spotting page can be found at
> http://www.projectsandparts.com/30m/
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>
>
> John
>
> VE5MU
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