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| 630 meters 1 October 2017 |
Steve VE7SL reminded us via his blog that US radio amateurs now have the use of two new radio frequency bands: the 2200 meter band and the 630 meter band. As always, Pete N6QW was way ahead of the game and is already working on a full-size 6 element quad for 2200. Good going Pete! Please send pictures (we may need a satellite photo to get the whole antenna in the shot).
As Steve points out there is already a lot of activity on the new bands — the attached pictures are snaps of just ten minutes of WSPR activity this morning.
I’m especially intrigued by 630 meters — it is so close to our beloved 455 kc IF frequency. Will some intrepid ham take advantage of this fact? Seems like some peaking and tweaking could do the trick…
Check our Steve’s blog post: http://ve7sl.blogspot.com/2017/09/getting-started-on-new-lf-and-mf-bands.html
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| 2200 meters 1 October 2017 |