[600MRG] Do you feel 630-meters is practical for ham use?

[Edward R Cole]

I haven't commented on this up to now.  I think 600m will probably be 
a niche band and appeal to a few that like a challenge (like those on 
160m, or VLF, or microwave, etc.).  The present company are 
represented by folks from all those plus the commemorative marine 
band group.  It will only appeal to CW and some digital modes due to 
the narrow bandwidth being offerred.

But I think that will bring a fair number of hams when it becomes a 
ham band.  Enough to populate it to provide sufficient numbers to 
make operating a nightly process.  Much more than what you are likely 
to find on 1296  or 10-GHz.

73, Ed - KL7UW
80m can be pretty quiet at times up here.

At 02:17 PM 3/25/2015, Bill Cromwell wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I suppose my quick reply to that other recent post about no DXCC 
>could influence some people's reply. I'm not about "non-QSO" modes 
>but I have copied some of the normal CW transmissions including one 
>from Louisiana around about 1000 miles distant. That with a 
>miserable excuse for an antenna and a regenerative receiver designed 
>in the 1930s! I suppose ham radio licensees could manage to get by 
>with this band. At last some of them.
>
>Other people have pointed out that we are unlikely have a mass 
>migration from 20 meters and 75 meter phone to 630 meters. But there 
>isn't room for *everybody* there anyway. I'm getting excited about 
>improving the antenna performance here. The weather is breaking and 
>the ground will soon be dry enough to walk on and support the base 
>of a ladder (for climbing of course).
>
>Looking at the small slice of spectrum available AND the way SDR 
>works I am building such SDR for the 630 meter band that can most 
>easily copy the entire band at one go. Xtal control gets me more 
>than the entire band instead of just a small piece of it. As things 
>like that come on line on my workbench my enthusiasm ramps up.
>
>73,
>
>Bill  KU8H
>
>On 03/25/2015 05:57 PM, John Langridge wrote:
>>Hi Steve -
>>
>>Yeah I firmly believe that 630m is practical for ham use and even 
>>from small lots.  When I did the microantenna experiments in 
>>January 2014 using existing small antennas on 630m, the results 
>>were very reasonable to me for what I was testing.  But everyone 
>>has a different view of what success is to them so the next guy 
>>might scoff at being heard at -24db SNR 800km away using an 8 foot 
>>tall vertical.
>>
>>Look at WB5WPA / WH2XQC who is having nice results using a small 
>>loop (maybe 30 feet tall and 30 feet horizontal?) and hardline for 
>>caps in his small backyard.
>>This line of thinking in addition to a conversation I was having 
>>with another 630m jockey yesterday has me thinking about some 
>>related items but I will send those in a separate email in order to 
>>prevent the inadvertant derailing of Steve's original message...
>>
>>good discussion!
>>
>>73!
>>John XIQ
>>PS:  I don't get any list messages from AOL for some reason so 
>>please be sure to direct any replies with a direct response to my 
>>email in addition to the list.  thanks!
>>
>>
>
>
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