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

[Benny Owens via CW]

HI STEVE

INTERESTING.  I COULD HEAR A STATION NEAR DALLAS ABOUT 125 MILES FROM ME
WITH MY OLD DRAKE SPR4 WHEN HE WAS USING CW.  IS THERE A WAY YOU
EXPERIMENTAL FOLKS CAN LET US LISTENERS KNOW WHEN YOU WILL BE ON THE AIR IN
CW?

CONGRATS ON YOUR RT LICENSE AND OPERATING AT KSM.  I HAD A SECOND RT FROM
81 THRU 91 AND LET IT GO.  I TRIED TO GET IT BACK A COUPLE OF YEARS LATER
AND THE FCC WANTED NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT BACK THEN.  I AM HAPPY YOU WERE
ABLE TO DO IT.

73
BENNY K5KV

On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 12:29 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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