[600MRG] 600MRG Digest, Vol 70, Issue 11
Dave Riley
dave.riley3 at verizon.net
Mon Feb 13 07:05:21 CST 2017
Thanks again John L. for your insights, it makes good sense but still
foggy here...
I blame the Atlantic ocean for my success and then the loop, but 30
watts in to the antenna needs help...
Been copied many times in KH6 land tho...
Thanks also to Merv, I'll check out and see what is wrong...
DaveR WD2XSH/17
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> 1. Re: 600MRG Digest, Vol 70, Issue 10 (Dave Riley)
> 2. Re: 600MRG Digest, Vol 70, Issue 10 (Merv Schweigert)
> 3. KPH freq (Larry)
> 4. WA2XRM on CW, 2100 EST, 479.9 kHz, 12 Feb. 2017
> (Paul Signorelli)
> 5. Re: WA2XRM on CW, 2200 EST, 479.9 kHz, 12 Feb. 2017
> (Paul Signorelli)
> 6. Re: KPH freq (Steve Ratzlaff)
> 7. Re: 600MRG Digest, Vol 70, Issue 10 (John Langridge)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2017 16:04:10 -0500
> From: Dave Riley <dave.riley3 at verizon.net>
> To: 600mrg at w7ekb.com
> Subject: Re: [600MRG] 600MRG Digest, Vol 70, Issue 10
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> With much TNX to John L. for directions and the stear to the DST maps..
> Now that I have seen two days worth it doesn't look good for DX now but
> the N/S paths seem better, and why in summer down under are the bands so
> good and not here??
>
> As to operational mode I am testing TX and filters on the WSPR channel
> now knowing there will be no QRM to anyone out there...
>
> It is about an hour to sunset and I will like to call auto CQs with a
> break and a K after each call...
> So what if I use the CQ wheel @ QSK speed on 475.647 khz. ??
>
> Anyone object??
>
> TNX from DaveR WD2XSH/17
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> Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2017 11:32:16 -1000
> From: Merv Schweigert <k9fd at flex.com>
> To: 600mrg at w7ekb.com
> Subject: Re: [600MRG] 600MRG Digest, Vol 70, Issue 10
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> No idea where you are listening or checking activity, but the band is
> wide open and
> has been for the entire winter here, I have had two way with VK for
> well over a year.
> Last nite was copying from Japan, to Australia, to Vermont east coast etc.
> I call that DX. If your not hearing any of the activity there has to
> be something
> wrong with your receive set up, there are up to 100 stations active
> many nites.
> If your going to set up a CW "beacon" try going out of the WSPR band, if
> you state
> your freq many will tune and try to listen for you.
> An hour before sunset is prime time for DX to come through, at least
> here, I daily
> copy stations 2500 to 3000 miles away one hour before sunset.
> WSPR freqs are mucho crowded as it is, set up just outside those freqs
> and call CQ
> and ask for reports.
> 73 Merv K9FD/KH6 WH2XCR
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>> With much TNX to John L. for directions and the stear to the DST
>> maps.. Now that I have seen two days worth it doesn't look good for DX
>> now but the N/S paths seem better, and why in summer down under are
>> the bands so good and not here??
>>
>> As to operational mode I am testing TX and filters on the WSPR channel
>> now knowing there will be no QRM to anyone out there...
>>
>> It is about an hour to sunset and I will like to call auto CQs with a
>> break and a K after each call...
>> So what if I use the CQ wheel @ QSK speed on 475.647 khz. ??
>>
>> Anyone object??
>>
>> TNX from DaveR WD2XSH/17
>>
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> Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2017 14:33:11 -0700
> From: Larry <Telegrapher at Q.com>
> To: "600mrg at w7ekb.com group" <600MRG at w7ekb.com>
> Subject: [600MRG] KPH freq
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> Last night around 0130Z i was monitoring the KPH 426 kc channel. While i
> thought i was copying them, i was watching on ARGO, i saw CW sending PFL
> about 12 cycles above them. It was being sent continuously with what
> appears to have been no more than a second or two between the last
> letter and the beginning of the cycle again. PFL..PFL..PFL etc. I
> wonder if anyone else happened to see that or have seen it in the past.
> Sure like to know where that originates. When KPH came on to send their
> closing message, they were very loud and audible to my weakened hearing
> devices (ears).
>
> Larry
> W0OGH
>
> DM52ba
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> Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2017 21:56:28 +0000
> From: Paul Signorelli <w0rw1 at msn.com>
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> Subject: [600MRG] WA2XRM on CW, 2100 EST, 479.9 kHz, 12 Feb. 2017
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> WA2XRM will be on CW at 2200 EST, 12 Feb. 2017 until 0200 EST, 13 Feb. 2017.
>
> That is 0300z - 0700z, ( 13 Feb. Zulu Day) on 479.9 kHz.
>
> Sending CW at 15 WPM.
>
> Send reports to w0rw1 at msn.com
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> New WA2XRM SWL QSL will be sent.
>
> Paul wa2xrm
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> Colorado
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> Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2017 22:00:21 +0000
> From: Paul Signorelli <w0rw1 at msn.com>
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> Subject: Re: [600MRG] WA2XRM on CW, 2200 EST, 479.9 kHz, 12 Feb.
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> Really starting at 2200 ST.
> WA2XRM will be on CW at 2200 EST, 12 Feb. 2017 until 0200 EST, 13 Feb. 2017.
>
> That is 0300z - 0700z, ( 13 Feb. Zulu Day) on 479.9 kHz.
>
> Sending CW at 15 WPM.
>
> Send reports to w0rw1 at msn.com
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> New WA2XRM SWL QSL will be sent.
>
> Paul wa2xrm
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> Colorado
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> Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2017 15:08:43 -0700
> From: Steve Ratzlaff <ratzlaffsteve at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: [600MRG] KPH freq
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> Hi Larry,
>
> PFL is a non-directional beacon on 425 kHz from Fort Sill, OK.
>
> A current list of North American NDBs can be found at:
>
> http://classaxe.com/dx/ndb/rna You can scroll to the bottom and
> download the whole database to save on your computer, either as an Excel
> file or a .pdf file. I usually get a new copy every month or so. (I DX
> NDB's.)
>
> 73,
>
> Steve AA7U
>
> near Sahuarita, AZ
>
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> On 2/12/2017 2:33 PM, Larry wrote:
>> Last night around 0130Z i was monitoring the KPH 426 kc channel. While
>> i thought i was copying them, i was watching on ARGO, i saw CW sending
>> PFL about 12 cycles above them. It was being sent continuously with
>> what appears to have been no more than a second or two between the
>> last letter and the beginning of the cycle again. PFL..PFL..PFL
>> etc. I wonder if anyone else happened to see that or have seen it in
>> the past. Sure like to know where that originates. When KPH came on
>> to send their closing message, they were very loud and audible to my
>> weakened hearing devices (ears).
>>
>> Larry
>> W0OGH
>>
>> DM52ba
>>
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> Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2017 06:46:13 -0600
> From: John Langridge <kb5njd at gmail.com>
> To: Dave Riley <dave.riley3 at verizon.net>
> Cc: 600mrg at w7ekb.com
> Subject: Re: [600MRG] 600MRG Digest, Vol 70, Issue 10
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>> With much TNX to John L. for directions and the stear to the DST maps.. Now that I have seen two days worth it doesn't look good for DX now but the N/S paths seem better, and why in summer down under are the bands so good and not here??
>
> There is also another caveat to all this: Because of your location,
> which may arguably be the best location of any active 472 station in
> NA aside from VO1NA, you might not need to observe the same high
> levels of DST that are necessary for guys in my area and points West
> to see the "big" TA openings. Which leads me believe that there is
> another mechanism in play preventing your TA - another one of those
> teeth on the key I was mentioning previously. Maybe we are back to
> "conditions" being "too quiet".
>
>> and why in summer down under are the bands so good and not here??
> It seems to move around and rarely have I observed sessions over the
> last year years where it is a huge night of both TA and TP. Its
> typically one or the other. I've got some ideas about this behavior
> but its beyond the scope of this discussion.
>
> But there is another angle to all of this: You have a number of QRO
> heavy hitters in the West in addition to VK4YB and a few other VK's
> that have a tremendous amount of antenna horsepower coupled with
> fantastic locations. The higher latitudes of many European stations
> are likely more challenging to reach given that RF tries to move away
> from regions of high electron density, which is comparatively close.
> In other words I consider the path the VK and JA to be cleaner than
> the path to Europe, which requires quieter geomagnetic conditions and
> other factors.
>
> This is all just talk and it doesn't mean anything at the end of the
> day. Just observations and trying to put puzzle pieces together.
>
> 73/GM,
>
> John KB5NJD / WG2XIQ..
>
> On Sun, Feb 12, 2017 at 3:04 PM, Dave Riley <dave.riley3 at verizon.net> wrote:
>> With much TNX to John L. for directions and the stear to the DST maps.. Now
>> that I have seen two days worth it doesn't look good for DX now but the N/S
>> paths seem better, and why in summer down under are the bands so good and
>> not here??
>>
>> As to operational mode I am testing TX and filters on the WSPR channel now
>> knowing there will be no QRM to anyone out there...
>>
>> It is about an hour to sunset and I will like to call auto CQs with a break
>> and a K after each call...
>> So what if I use the CQ wheel @ QSK speed on 475.647 khz. ??
>>
>> Anyone object??
>>
>> TNX from DaveR WD2XSH/17
>>
>>
>>
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