[CW] A report for those who are considering 475 kHz

[Steve WD8DAS via CW]

 Here's a report for those who are considering getting active on 475 kHz. 630m isn't a ham band yet but there is already ham-style activity...

Last night I had a lot of fun on 630 meters.  Quite a few experimental-licensed stations were transmitting in the WSPR mode, and even more non-licensed stations were receiving and reporting.

Here's a map showing everyone my station heard, or was heard by, on the WSPR mode...

     http://www.wd8das.net/WSPR-WH2XHY.jpg

Here's a map showing everyone that was active on 630m WSPR last night...

     http://www.wd8das.net/WSPRactivity.jpg

Notice the reports from Europe, Alaska, and Hawaii.  Very cool!

WSPR's S/N reporting is useful to know when propagation is good enough to support normal contacts.  When the S/N ratios are higher then it is time to go to CW... where I made two CW contacts with Pennsylvania and Texas experimental stations.  Conditions seem to be getting better as we move into winter.

Details on my 630m station...

     http://www.wd8das.net/630m.html


Steve WD8DAS / WH2XHY

sbjohnston at aol.com
http://www.wd8das.net/
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