630M has been very active and plenty of good signals on the band, I use an "old" K3 with new Synth and BPF and it has been working excellent, output is 1MW driving a 100watt NJD technologies amp.
For the past week or more i have been able to decode signals from VK3ELV and VK5ABN for hours at a stretch, from 1130Z until sunrise here at 1630Z. Vk has also been copied as far as the west coast and inland as far as Texas. I also decoded the first JA to KH6 it appears the other nite and again last nite. ja1pkg Stations are copied as far as the mainland east coast. And this is with solar storms and heavy QRN here in the Pacific. I am using a standard realtec on board sound card in a old HP3130 and getting decodes up to -32 on a regular basis. If you have the slightest interest in the low bands and WSPR its time to take a listen, also 136KHZ has been active and activity is increasing there as well, check the online WSPR map and see the activity around the world on LF 136khz and MF 474.2khz. Dx is alive and well on 630 meters, jump in and get your feet wet, but remember you cannot transmit there as yet without a experimental license, but decoding and reporting WSPR is fine with your ham call. Or if you get bit by the LF bug you can apply for experimental call sign and operate, its easy to do. 73 Merv K9FD/KH6 WH2XCR ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
