On Thu, 2011-12-22 at 05:20 -0500, Jon Zaimes AA1K wrote: > Since in Europe and Asia the band typically starts at 1810 kHz it's > possible those RBN's don't scan below there. > > 73/Jon AA1K >
Hi Jon, I tried again this morning from 11:00 Z for a little more than 15 minutes. I have been sending a long string..up to 10 CQs and signing twice. I pause and tune a little up and down, sip my coffee, scratch the dog's ears, and go again. I have it that "my" part of the band for casual, non-DX ragchewing is that same bottom 10 kc of the band so that's where I am trying. I try to get between 1808 and 1809. I can get pretty close but I don't take amateur grade tuning dials too seriously - except the xtal calibrator that keeps me inside the band. I check that against WWV often. I believe this morning I was operating very close to 1808.5 kc but maybe it was only 1808.49213875 kc <wink>. QRN and broadcast crud was around S4 this morning so weaker signals would have been tough to dig out. I haven't been hearing very much activity in the mornings. I did hear some SSB further up the band and a W2 calling CQ for DX. I'm not DX for him so I kept quiet. I was on last night too but not until after our dinner party and it was almost 10 PM local time. Lots of hams in my small propagation radius were likely already in bed. I will probably try a little earlier in the evening when I can..maybe tonight. I'm rounding up parts for a Switching/patch panel so that I can change my antenna from it's series configuration on 160 to L for 80 and 40. It's cumbersome to make the change at the moment with lots of opportunities for errors (Murphy ya know). I need to be able to change that antenna more easily and also select different antenna and radio combinations. I have a different receiver that stands up much better to the broadcast band crud and I only need to make some wiring mods to accommodate T/R switching. Happy holiday season and Merry Christmas to all. I hope all of you are enjoying your families and friends during this multiple holiday season. 73, Bill KU8H _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK