[Elecraft] OT: Poor band conditions

[donovanf at starpower.net]

Hi Keith, 


The internet is a fantastic tool for real time propagation reporting . 
By far my favorite site is: 


https://pskreporter.info/pskmap.html 


>From left to right at the top of the page, select: 
- the band you're interested in, or all bands 
- signals 
- sent by 
- grid square 
- your two character grid field (e.g. FM) 
- all modes 
- then click GO 


Who says propagation is bad from the Pacific Northwest (Grid Field DN)? 
There a hundreds of 20 meter propagation reports in just the last minute. 
Most of the transmitters are running less than 50 watts to simple antennas. 


Enjoy! 


73 
Frank 
W3LPL 





----- Original Message -----

From: "Keith Hutt" <keith.hutt at virgin.net> 
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net 
Sent: Friday, August 11, 2017 6:54:07 PM 
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: Poor band conditions 

Personally i find the best way to turn on the radio spin the VFO and put out 
a few calls. 

Far more accurate than the so called "Band Propagation" tools. 

Many times the internet has said Band conditions Useless, take up knitting 
or something, 
when in actual fact the bands are open. 

How on earth did we manage before the internet to see what conditions were 
like? 

So many operators seem to be of the attitude "The internet says bands are 
poor" it must be so. 

Maybe I'm a dinosaur but no internet in my shack its 60 yds from the house 
and you know what i still make contacts every day. 
Despite hearing comments of, i could not survive without high speed internet 
etc etc in the shack it tells me when bands are open 
shows me who I'm working etc etc. 

Regards 

Keith G0TSH 


-----Original Message----- 
From: F5vjc 
Sent: Friday, August 11, 2017 6:59 PM 
To: volker.debus at t-online.de 
Cc: Elecraft Reflector 
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: Poor band conditions 

There are so many useful propagation tools available today, use them! 

http://www.bandconditions.com/ 

73, F5VJC 


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