Topband: recent T32B trip
Tom Frenaye
frenaye@pcnet.com
Fri, 10 Mar 2000 21:14:00 -0500
From Walt/W0CP, one of the ops at the recent T32B trip:
> >This DX trip was a big success, racking up just short of 10,000 QSO's
by two
> >operators in 6 days of operating (it took 18 hours to set up and 6 to tear
> >down). The total contest QSO's were about 4,700.
> >
> >We were a bit light on the low bands. Our Titanex low band vertical didn't
> >arrive in Honolulu in time and we had to substitute an HF2V and a 160m
L at
> >the last minute. Turns out that there is a serious problem on both 6
and 160
> >meters on Christmas Island. There is an Australian university that is
> >running an automated wind shear radar on 160 that puts out a square
wave on
> >1.885 which blankets an entire 2 megahertz with 20 over 9 interference. In
> >addition, there is a pulsing transmission on 160 that is about S9. One CQ
> >was all it took to activate this beast. So, working 160 was impossible
> >(though we might be able to get them to turn off this stuff if we go
again).
> >In addition, NOAA is also transmitting an unfiltered square wave on
about 49
> >MHz that extends up to 52 MHz, making the 6 meter DX window unusable.
In the
> >little investigating I did, it seems that neither have authorization for
> >these transmissions, but they've been able to get away with it because of
> >the remoteness of the location.
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