[Icom] Best propagation stations for worldwide hamradio use

[Jerry Flanders]

Any chance we could get a quickie tutorial on how to extract the useful 
prop data (only)?

Also - which of his PCHFDL programs - the unsupported freebie or the 
commercial one?

Thanks

Jerry Flanders W4UK

At 15:27 8/6/02 +0200, you wrote:

>To work out real propagation information, I don't use the Beacon net, but
>the aeronautical weather stations spread across the globe, broadcasting
>on different frequencies 24hrs/day for propagation information. Although
>they are not on the exact ham frequencies, they are close enough to provide
>accurate propagation information with a useful signal that provides quick
>information on propagation (as wewll as close on the 5MH band coming to
>soon...)
>Joined to the aviation weather is the ARINC HF-DL mode which provides digital
>link on HF using 1KW transmitters spread around HF-DL transmits every 34
>seconds, short bursts of data decoded by a freeware program. The program
>tell you the db S/N of the signal as received. You can then extrapolate
>your propagation information.
>
>The frequencies for the weather are (further down are HF-DL freqs):
>PACIFIC - Frequencies: 2863 6679 8828 10048 13282
>Honolulu H+00 and H+30
>Tokyo Radio H+10 and H+40 (means that 10 minutes past the hour, the Tokyo
>transmitter takes over and so on)
>Hong Kong Radio H+15 and H+45
>Auckland H+20 and H+50
> >ATLANTIC - Frequencies: 3485 6604 10051 13282
> >New York H+00, H+05, H+10, H+15 and H+30, H+35, H+40, H+45
> >Gander, Canada H+20 and H+50
> >EUROPE - Frequencies: 3413 5505 8957 13264
> >Shannon, Ireland H+00 to H+25 and H+30 to H+55
>MIDDLE EAST - Frequencies: 2980 5575 11391
>Ben Gurion, Israel H+05 and H+35
>SOUTH AMERICA - Frequencies: 2881 5601 10087 13279
>Rio de Janeiro H+00 and H+30
>Lima, Peru H+10 and H+40
>Brasilia, Brasil H+15 and H+45
>Buenos Aires H+25 and H+55
>SOUTHERN AFRICA - Frequencies: 2860 3404 5499 6538 8852 10057
>Johannesburg, South Africa H+00 and H+30
>AFRICA - Frequencies: 3047 6716 9026
>Brazzaville H+00 and H+25
>Nairobi H+05 and H+35
>Brazzaville in French H+30 and H+55
>WEST ASIA - Frequencies: 3001 5561 8819
>Baghdad H+00 and H+30
>Tehran H+05 and H+35
>Bahrain H+10 and H+40
>
>for HF-DL, the frequencies are:
>CALIFORNIA 21934 13276 11327
>HAWAII 17934
>REYKJAVICK 15025 11184 8977 6712
>NEW YORK 21931 13276 11315 8912
>HAT YAI 17928 6535
>SHANNON 11384 8942 6532 5547
>JOHANNESBURG 21949 8834
>SANTA CRUZ 13315
>KRASNOYARSK 13321 10087
>BAHRAIN 21982 17967 11312 8885
>
>
>To decode HF-DL, Charles Brain has written a freeware program that works
>on the sound port. Download it at:http://www.chbrain.dircon.co.uk/index.html
>
>Best 73s,
>Peter, KC1QF/VE3PPV/LX1QF
>
>Peter P. Vekinis
>e-mail: peter@t12.org
>web sites: t12.org or vekinis.org.lu
>
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>Peter P. Vekinis
>e-mail: peter@t12.org
>web sites: t12.org or vekinis.org.lu
>
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