John VE5MU, I agree with your observations...the band is great and under used. I can tell you it doesn't die at night, it is open most all night but just not used, thus the auto spotters to provide documentation along with the Propnet stations that are documenting 30m also.
de kb9umt Don EN50dp 30MDG#0001 www.30meterdigital.org --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "Curt Givens"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > John and others I just opened MixW and tuned up on 10.140 don't see anything > on the waterfall but will try to watch and listen for a bit. XYL just got in > from work and dinner will need preparing soon. See you on the waterfall. > > > > 73's Curt > > > > Curt Givens KC8STE, AAR5VR Army MARS > Earthdog and Special Programs Director > GCDOC/GCAC > Dayton, OH > > "Registering lawful Americans who possess a gun to stop armed criminals, is > like registering virgins to stop prostitution." > > > > _____ > > From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of John Bradley > Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 5:24 PM > To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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 > > 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.projects > <http://www.projectsandparts.com/30m/> andparts.com/30m/ > > > > John > > VE5MU > > > > > > > > > _____ > > No viruses found in this incoming message > Scanned by iolo AntiVirus 1.5.1.4 > http://www.iolo.com <http://www.iolo.com/iav/iavpop3> > > > _______________________________________ > No viruses found in this outgoing message > Scanned by iolo AntiVirus 1.5.1.4 > http://www.iolo.com >
