[Amps] Participate in NASA experiment

n8de at thepoint.net n8de at thepoint.net
Mon Oct 7 13:21:20 EDT 2013


AM might prove an interesting change ... except the 'assigned'  
frequencies are not AM part of the band.

73
Don
N8DE


Quoting David Jordan <wa3gin at comcast.net>:

> Maybe we should all try AM... we can QSO, and assist in the test at the
> same time.  10m was a great AM band back in the 60s.
>
> Enjoy,
> dave
> wa3gin
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Manfred Mornhinweg" <manfred at ludens.cl>
> To: <amps at contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, October 07, 2013 9:51 AM
> Subject: Re: [Amps] Participate in NASA experiment
>
>
>> Hi guys,
>>
>> as I understand it, NASA wants as many hams as possible to send out  
>>  series of half minute long carriers, for several hours, on many   
>> specific frequencies decided by NASA and covering all the most used  
>>  segment of 10 meters!
>>
>> To me that looks like incitation to create massive QRM!
>>
>> Yes, NASA asks participants to comply with the laws. That would   
>> mean listening first, not using a frequency if it is in use, and   
>> asking if it is in use, plus IDing basically after each of the   
>> "dits" of that HI message. But will all participants do that, or   
>> will they just put their carriers atop other stations? I fear that   
>> some fellow hams, in the fever of the action, and finding "their   
>> assigned frequency" in use by some stations they only hear weakly,   
>> might choose to simply ignore them!
>>
>> Let's hope that this will not happen.
>>
>> Manfred
>>
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