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73s & Enjoy!
N4IVE - David Gale
40m INTRUDER
Is there anyone here or at ARRL who is attempting to do anything
about the intruder that has taken over 7055 - 7060 kHz??
It is now unusable much of the day, due to some kind of high powered "over
the horizon radar" that has taken over this part of the band with a
powerful band-blanking signal.
Annoyed - AF4K Bry Carling
REM :
Bry,
I don't think I've heard it up here.
The only thing I hear is the "H" sweep, a data burst every two minutes that sounds like a Morse "H".
It starts down around 2 MHz and goes up to 8.
But
not nearly as annoying as what you are getting.
Regarding the old woodpecker-- they used to say that it would QSY if you sent a
string of dits at the same speed as the radar pulse rate...
73, Drew AF2Z
REM :
Hi Guys,
I've seen postings that reference a new Russian over the horizon radar is the culprit.
http://www.arrl.org/news/over-the-horizon-radars-becoming-routine-visitors-on-amateur-hf-bands
73,
Art, W2NRA
REM :
And
don't forget about this one as well:
http://superdarn.usask.ca/
http://vt.superdarn.org/tiki-index.php
Fred
VE3FAL
REM :
It's pretty loud up here Bry. Around 10-20db above the noise floor on two diff. rcvrs with diff. antennas.
It is disrupting a prime spot on 40.
Hopefully
its temporary...but we know how that usually goes.
73 de Bill K4JYS (NC)
REM :
It
has been there for weeks now, off and on. Mostly on.
Sad - I think the Boatanchors and SKCC guys are hurting from this, given the
popular calling frequencies of 7050 and 7055 are now swamped.
Does anyone know who to contact at ARRL Intruder Watch??
Or some other Intruder Watch?
Bry AF4K
REM :
Bry,
It looks like ARRL is aware of these intruders based on the article referenced
by Art.
However,
given that OTH radar is undoubtedly military, I doubt that the ARRL, or anyone
else for that matter, is going to have much influence with them.
Mike, W8DN
REM :
I would love to see the cease and desist order from an ARRL lawyer to the defense minister of a major country (possibly our own!) to quit harassing our hobbyists.
Better
yet, I'd like to see their answer if they bother.
40 meters has ALWAYS been like this.
It's a feature!
Enjoy it.
BTW,
great boat anchor station on your QRZ page. REM
: During
Feb SKS it wiped 40m out for me from SW Fla. It was from 7.045 to 7.065 and
VERY LOUD. Rest
of 40m was fine. Perhaps
another reason to have, at least on 40m, a lower in the band hangout. This
would also help our members outside of NA. 73,
Tim K9TM Bry,
are you able to record it? I
would like to hear what it sounds like. 73s
& Enjoy! N4IVE
- David Gale REM
: I
just read this and checked 40M (have been on 30M this afternoon). Don't
hear anything like your intruder. I
did hear some strong back and forth DIGI signal (maybe Amtor) just above
7060.but not terribly wide band/ I
will listen tomorrow morning also. Maybe
it's coming from Cuba ? CW
is Real Radio 73, John...K8JD REM
: Thank
you Bill. Yes, I will look it up and see what if anything can be done. REM
: You
may be able to go onto websdr.org and
check signal strength from SDR stations around the world... Maybe pinpoint its
source... Cory
KK4AJN Antenna
for 6 meters. I've
got a 6 meter xcvr on the way, so I'm thinking about antennas for 6 m. I
am hereby soliciting ideas from the friendliest, most knowledgeable group of
hams I know (besides the AMSAT group, to which I also belong, and which also
contains the friendliest, most knowledgeable hams I know.) I'm
thinking that a vertical is probably best. If
so, what is the minimum height I can get away with for the bottom of the
vertical? If
I went cheap and dirty (not unusual in my case) and put up a dipole, should it
be oriented to propagate N-S or E-W? All
reasonable thoughts are appreciated! Steve
AI9IN REM
: There
are a couple of things to consider. 1)
Polarization, vertical and horizontal. Verical
is more noise prone, but omni directional. Horizontal
is less noise prone and the halo works nice for omni directional. 2)
Gain. Yagi and quad antennas are the basic choices. It
is nice to have the omni directional to catch band opening from anywhere. Then
switch to the gain antennas to bring them up in strength. REM
: Hi
Steve Dipole:
1/2 Wavelength on 6M is 3M, so you'd want the dipole to be at last about 20
feet above the ground. I
ran a 5 element yagi at 18 feet for years and it performed well at that height.
Regardless
of the orientation of the dipole, it will be pointing in the wrong direction. This
is especially true of 6M where the most prominent mode these days is Sporadic
E, not F2. Google
"Loop Antenna" and tons of stuff will show up. When
6M is open CONUS you do not need a lot of power / gain to work K, VE, XE, and
the Caribbean. If
the band is open, it doesn't take much at all. Since I only operate 6m when the
band is open, I use a Buddipole Dipole or sometimes a 5/8 wave 2 meter mag
mount (which tunes on 6). I've even tuned up a random wire and it works
great...again, this is not for weak signal work but for when the band is open! Mike
K3WAS REM
: For
the sake of simplicity I sure would try a slim jim. Can
be made out thin walled copper pipe OR 450 ohm line taped to some kind of
non-metallic pole. I
just took down my 4 element Comet yagi because my space for antenna is
extremely limited and there is virtually no activity on 6 meters where I live. I
am an old guy and not likely to see a good sun spot cycle for DX again. Reason
I like the slim jim is it has very low angle of radiation as compared to a 1/4
wavelength vertical with radials. James
Brock W7DAU REM
: Sure
a vertical, up 25-30 ft, is nice for local FM repeater work every day, but for
the "SERIOUS" 6M SSB/CW DX work you need a Yagi, I would not mess
with anything Less than a 4 element Yagi. I
have a Hy Gain 4 element, up only 30 Ft and wanted to get it a lot higher!! I
worked everything from the rocky mountains to Eastern Canada and down to the
Carolinas and FL with 8 W SSB in one season ! CW
is Real Radio 73, John...K8JD REM
: Steve, Running
barefoot (less than 100W) I've worked the whole Eastern Seaboard to the
Mississippi River and Texas. My
best to the west is Idaho. So
when the Sporadic E-Skip is active, you can work much with just a halo. If
nobody is actually in a QSO, then most people think the band is dead. But
keep calling CQ and they will come out of their quiet mode. http://www.dxmaps.com/spots/map.php?Lan=E&Frec=50&ML=M&Map=NA&DXC=N&HF=N&GL=N Good
luck with your 6m rig and I hope to see you on 50.090 MHz. Jim
- N3ADF REM
: Polarization
is only important for line of sight communication. Once
the signals bounce off the ionosphere, it isn't very important. If
you can't put up a beam or dipole, you can get good results using a vertical
antenna. Andy,
K2OO REM
: What
you get in band openings 95 % of the time, on VHF, is tropo enhancement , not
the same as the usual normal days' F2 layer "SKIP" on the lower HF
bands. E layer probably does mess up the polarization but it is only working
about 5 percent of the time in the low sunspot years and F layer is very rare
now. A
horizontal antenna is better , also, because it is less bothered by local man
made electrical noise,.
At one point back when I was really into VHF, I had a big, Hustler
G6-144 vertical and a ten element horizontal Yagi . Often
I would switch antennas just to see how it affected signals. The
SSB ops a hundred miles across the state would disappear when I switched from
the Yagi to the vertical. An
FM simplex QSO between mobiles 20 miles away would be solid on the Vertical but
get really choppy with the Yagi aimed in their directions. My
Advice is go with a Yagi because you will probably just be working local
repeaters on FM anyway ! There
used to be dual polarized Vhf & UHF Yagis made but I haven't seen much like
this offered lately. CW
is Real Radio 73, John...K8JD REM
: From
my electromagnetic fields and waves class in college, polarization is lost
after the first ionospheric bounce. I
remember being quite surprised to see that the polarization term, while present
in the pre-bounce equation, was gone in the post-bounce equation. 73
Mark K3MSB REM
: Steve
My
hf vertical antennas are about 4 inches above the ground. So
for skip height not a large factor. I
began on 6m with a horizontal loop configured for coax match. Taller
hanging wires and pvc support for top and bottom. Yes
a vertical loop fed in middle at bottom, hanging as high as I could get it. Now
I use 2 element pvc quad, rotated manually. At
25 feet high its worked about 30 countries in casual use. 73
curt BEN
RUSSELL N6SL PASSED AWAY 5/31/2016 IN OCALEA, FL. Our
local club, Genesis Amateur Radio Society, Plymouth, MA, U.S.A. has a net
practice that each station in the net calls the recent silent key.
N6SL N6SL DE N1EA N1EA K Then
each station would call, then the Net Control Station (NCS) would send: NIL
HEARD 73 NAME BV SK
It might be a good practice especially when we have such heavy losses. About
Ben, N6SL, I first met him through the Society of Wireless Pioneers (SOWP) and
Slidell Radio/WNU where he worked, and several ships where he was radio
officer.
Along with Dick, K6KSG who sent me the email, he took over the 20m and
other SOWP Nets from dear Hank, W1HRQ from Maine who put a large (1 mfd)
capacitor in the key line of his Yaesu FT-101, producing a long tail on his
Morse so that it sounded like a bell ringing.
Ben was fairly unique in that he was both an excellent technician and
Morse operator, and his reputation was stellar in his field, which I shared,
and I shared that fraternal respect, and if he want such generous person, I
dare say I'd be jealous, but since he was so generous and loved radio in all
its facets, who could not love Ben!
73 OM BV, you've earned your solid gold Vibroplex! That's
what he used to say and did say when we lost Bob W6BNB a few years ago.
73, DR David Ring N1EA Above a notice to the SSNG =
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REM :
At this rate we are going to (de facto) lose a large portion of 40m CW.
Bry AF4K
V31JP Joe
Horizontal: 1/4 or 5/8 wave.
As Joe pointed out, a loop antenna works well for omni work.
Two pieces of 10 foot TV Mast from Lowes and a low end TV rotator bolted to the
side of a picnic table will work.
Enjoy the "Magic Band" !
73 Mark K3MSB
6m CW & SSB are all done horizontally polarized CW between 50.075 and
50.100 (50.090 is the SKCC freq.) SSB is usually 50.125 up to 50.250.
I'm running a single element halo (Pars-End Tralo) at 45 ft. above ground which
is 140 ft. ASL in Grid Sqr. FM18.
My DX QSOs are Canary Is, PR, Barbados, Bahamas, & the Maritime Provences
of Canada.
It is amazing that when the CW portion of the band is quiet and I call CQ, I
often get an answer.
Watch the DXMAPS.com 50MHz tab to see if 6m is open and where the QSOs are.
QSO/SWL real time maps - NA - 50
All the very best to you and yours friends, take care!
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