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

[D.J.J. Ring, Jr. via CW]

Remember everyone, THIS IS NOT an Amateur Band in the USA, you need to get
a FCC EXPERIMENTAL LICENSE in USA.
http://transition.fcc.gov/oet/info/filing/elb/

73

David
Amateur N1EA
EXPERIMENTAL WD2XSH/18


On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 2:55 PM, Gary Smith via CW <cw at mailman.qth.net>
wrote:

> Hi Steve,
>
> Do you have some websites where we can learn more, and any other data
> relative to equipment to build/modify and antennas to use?
>
> Sounds fascinating!!
>
> Gary
> WA1TJB
>
>
>   On Sunday, October 12, 2014 1:29 PM, Steve WD8DAS via CW <
> cw at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
>
>
>  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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