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Loggings => HF Beacons => Topic started by: Tube Shortwave on November 05, 2009, 1449 UTC

Title: Anyone include the HiFer band in their scans?
Post by: Tube Shortwave on November 05, 2009, 1449 UTC

Does anyone else include the HiFer band in their scans?

I have had a little action on the HiFer band, in addition to my own HiFer beacon on 13.565 MHz.

Speaking of the HiFer beacon.....  It just got some new double-shield Times Microwave coax, and it actually improved!  Now, I have to take some new field strength measurements to make sure it is still within limits.  There was a lot of leakage from my old cable which threw my previous readings off, so I suspect there is more signal in the ether now since it is noticeably stringer at my QTH 70 miles away.

Antenna is a hamstick on top of a metal building high atop a mountain with clear shot of the horizon in almost all directions.

VY 73 DE Paul

Title: Re: Anyone include the HiFer band in their scans?
Post by: beaconman on November 05, 2009, 2339 UTC

I sure do..

Title: Re: Anyone include the HiFer band in their scans?
Post by: cmradio on November 06, 2009, 0057 UTC

I do when the power is out :D
(that's the single, most noisiest band at my QTH)

Peace!

Title: Re: Anyone include the HiFer band in their scans?
Post by: beaconman on November 07, 2009, 1950 UTC

Today while up on a high location above the valley...I heard HI and K6FRC
both were blasting in on my KA 1103 the time was 1701Utc...
Great catchs in my book especially K6FRC.

Title: Re: Anyone include the HiFer band in their scans?
Post by: Tube Shortwave on November 08, 2009, 0402 UTC

Wow!  Thanks for the report.

Amazing what a couple milliwatts into a hamstick will do on the 22m band.