[ARC5] T-17 on eBay - 600 meters...

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 3 Aug 2014 at 9:56, J Mcvey wrote:

> 
> In fact, I copied your beacon station last year.

It probably wasn't mine, since I have not yet been able to get a workable 
antenna up here, mainly due to lack of time. It was probably Rudy, who is 
very active from Oregon.

> I just scanned 600 meters, but
> there is nothing that I can hear on at the moment.

It is very difficult, although not impossible during the day. Try at night. You 
should be able to hear quite a few from your location.

> I'll try again tonight.  I
> use the 160 meter dipole to listen. Are you still on the air?

No. See above.

> I am hoping that
> the since the R-23 was designed for this band, it should have better sensitivity
> than my FT450.

It does. In fact, if your R-23 is up to snuff, the sensitivity on CW is below 1 
microvolt. See my youtube video on that here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlz83QXM66A

> Grovel status means that you have to apply ( do the bureaucratic shuffle) to the
> FCC to use a band because it is not automatically part of the license.

Oh. I see. Yes, exactly. :-)

> It's good to know that all of the applications have been granted.
> 
> I am still curious what one can do with the  transmitters other than the T-15 (
> and an experimental license of coarse) with frequency band coverage below the
> 160 meter band? You said "quite a bit". ..

The stations are communicating between one another using various modes. 
It turns out that 600 meters is especially valuable for EMCOMMS work due to 
its unusual (to us) propagation conditions and reliability.

Ken W7EKB