Steve: I'll be on Top Band all week starting this evening so I'd be more than
happy to offer up UT, IF'N we can connect (CW only, no JT or SSB stuff and I
can only crank out 20 watts so might be a challenge).
My shameless plug, to complete QRP WAS on 160 meters, remains: CT, VT, RI, SC,
FL, ME, IN and MD
72, Jim Rodenkirch K9JWV
> Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2011 12:42:58 -0500
> From: sjraas@gmail.com
> To: rodenkirch_llc@msn.com
> CC: deswynar@xplornet.ca; topband@contesting.com; wa8jxm@gmail.com
> Subject: Re: Topband: Nice QRPP QSO / Bandplan
>
> Ive found @ least here on the E.coast,in my VERY LIMITED time on TB that
> 1800-1815 seems to be CW/QRP, CW/Rag chewing, & General CW however you want
> to call it + W1AW Code Practice/Bullitens @ 1802.5
>
> 1815-1835 PPl looking for DX and DX stations (CW)
>
> 1835-1840 Digital JT65, PSK31 DX INCLUDED , With JT65 Being @ 1838 USB DIAL
> QRG
>
> 1840-1900 + SSB/AM
>
> Above 1900 All ive ever heard was SSB... I cant TX there so i dont
> personally know the norm.
>
> Problem with the IARU 'RECOMENDED" Band Plan is if we all stuck to
> that...then No or FEW Intl Digital QSO's wld take place. And the U.S. QRP
> community would just see all this digi stuff,
> I go where the majority is, I wont be cq'ing on JT65 @ 1.807.. because no
> one is there, been there ..tried that... not to mention that digi modes
> like JT65 that take a Solid Minute to decode, you cant just VFO hunt for
> them like CW & RTTY ect..especially when ALOT of JT65 Sigs are
> unaudible..not all of them.
>
> For domestic CW QSO's 1800-1815 I would personally say is a good spot with
> 1810 being the typicall QRP calling QRG. 1815-1835 is where u will find
> the hunters of dx.. I will amend my aformentioned sentence by saying
> RARELY do I hear any one QRP or QRO making domestic CQ's below 1809..
> with the bulk from 1809-1815, altho it does happen from time 2 time
> especially durring contest time. This is also not to say that some DX isnt
> here, im sure they are, as the information that I can find shows Japan
> having allocations from 1810-1825 and then a large gap and then again from
> 1907.5-1912.5.
>
> Also know where the GL is, and keep in your head that ppl may be looking
> for propagation to that area ( dark - to - GL or GL-to-GL ) especially if
> there is or has been recent prop to that area.. If you hear for instance
> some one @ 1815 calling 'CQ ASIA' ( As I hear alot durring GL, then you
> know.. that there is a probability of prop to that area and to give room.
> Watch the DX cluster, And the skimmer Pages close.( www.Hamspots.net
> pskreporter.info ect ect )
>
> I personally frequently call ' CQ WEST ' on 160 CW.. or.. 'CQWUS' meaning
> CQ Western US on JT65 following MY DARK - to - GL path.. looking for
> western states on 160.. this isnt when I want to rag chew with someone
> south of me. Or a state away. Mabey CQ GL wld be a better option.. but then
> im sure some one will think im CQ'ing to wish some one good luck, hihi. (
> Common Sense area )
>
> When if comes to 160m its best to know where you want to work.. and then
> know what their allocations are, Because even where there is,
> geographically a bulk of countries, such as Europe, many of their
> allocations are different on 160m.
>
> In regards to SSB, I dont think in my short time on the band, Ive ever
> heard a SSB or AM signal below 1845 with the majority above 1850.
>
> Have fun, enjoy the band(s)
>
> P.S. Shameless plug - I am looking for
> AK-AZ-CA-HI-ID-KS-MS-NV-NM-OK-OR-SD-TX-UT on 160, JT65 or CW prefered.
>
> 73's
>
> -Steve Raas
> N2JDQ
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 11:04 AM, James Rodenkirch
> <rodenkirch_llc@msn.com>wrote:
>
> >
> > Too funny: There's the "plan" as listed by Ken...
> >
> > Then, you go to the AC6V web site and you find this:
> >
> > 1.810 QRP CW Calling
> > frequency
> >
> > 1828.5 --
> > DXpeditions CW Operations are frequently here
> >
> > 1.830-1.840 CW,
> > RTTY and other narrowband modes, intercontinental QSOs only
> >
> >
> >
> > 1.840-1.850 CW, SSB, SSTV and other wideband modes, intercontinental QSOs
> > only
> >
> >
> > 1.825 - SSB QRP Calling Freq
> >
> > 1910 - SSB QRP Calling
> > Freq
> >
> > Then, you go to the ARRL web site and you find THIS!
> >
> > 1.800 - 2.000
> > CW
> > 1.800 - 1.810
> > Digital Modes
> > 1.810
> > CW QRP
> > 1.843-2.000
> > SSB, SSTV and other wideband modes
> > 1.910
> > SSB QRP
> > 1.995 - 2.000
> > Experimental
> > 1.999 - 2.000
> > Beacons
> > Now, I don't really care, as long as SSB operators stay away from the
> > lower end of the band 'cuz I'll just find a nice spot at the lower end to
> > call CQ or look for other operators as far up as my loading coil "lets me,"
> > so to speak and not worry too much about it. Just wish more hams got on
> > Top Band - love the excitement of working someone on the east coast, for
> > instance, at 0500 local time (as I did with AA1K a month or so back) with
> > QRP power. Just to be able to get on Top Band is a big plus for me with my
> > limited space for a low band antenna...!
> >
> > 72, Jim Rodenkirch, K9JWV
> > QRP ARCI Contest Manager
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > From: wa8jxm@gmail.com
> > > Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2011 10:52:05 -0500
> > > To: deswynar@xplornet.ca
> > > CC: TOPBAND@CONTESTING.COM
> > > Subject: Re: Topband: Nice QRPP QSO
> > >
> > >
> > > On Dec 11, 2011, at 9:52 AM, Eddy Swynar wrote:
> > >
> > > > One bit of advice, though: save yourself a LOT of potential grief, &
> > limit operations between 1800- & 1810-KHz, i.e. the extreme bottom 10-KHz
> > of the band. Apart from the W1AW code practice sessions there, that part of
> > the band is usually unoccupied. If you call CQ QRP anywhere from about
> > 1812- to 1835-KHz, you could well incur the wrath of the DX crowd hunting
> > their quarry therein...! Be forewarned...
> > >
> > > The Ham world needs to get their act together! Not complaining about
> > your advice Eddy, but just yesterday I found the IARU recommended 160m
> > bandplan (dated October 2010):
> > >
> > > 1800-1810 digi modes
> > > 1810-1830 CW
> > > 1812 QRP
> > > 1830-1840 DX window
> > >
> > > Isn't it nice that the amateur radio bureaucrats are totally
> > disconnected from reality?
> > >
> > > I try to be cooperative but in truth I can't figure out where in the
> > heck I should operate on 160 with casual CW operation. I usually hang
> > around 1836-38 for digital (Contestia, Olivia, Thor).
> > >
> > > 73, Ken WA8JXM
> > >
> > >
> > >
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