Here's a trick I use on 6 meters when the band isn't open but I think it
*might* open soon:
- Tune the rig to the middle of the band. (I suppose on 10m that'd be
somewhere around 28475)
- Switch to *FM* mode.
- Squelch.
If the band opens up... you won't hear anything intelligible on 28475
(or 50140) FM -- but you *will* hear one heck of a racket... and know
to run in the shack, switch to USB, and go to it... FM mode uses a much
wider IF filter, so your rig will make that racket for any SSB signal
from about 28460 to about 28490.
--
Doug Smith W9WI
Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66
http://www.w9wi.com
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