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CW DXing and contesting take center stage the weekend of February 18-19, as the 2012 ARRL International DX CW Contest takes to the airwaves. “After years of lackluster conditions on 15 and 10 meters, 2011 finally saw the propagation gods giving us a break,” said ARRL Contest Branch Manager Sean Kutzko, KX9X. “Since September 2011, the high bands have been in excellent shape, with worldwide open...  
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CW DXing and contesting take center stage the weekend of February 18-19, as the 2012 ARRL International DX CW Contest takes to the airwaves. "After years of lackluster conditions on 15 and 10 meters, 2011 finally saw the propagation gods giving us a break," said ARRL Contest Branch Manager Sean Kutzko, KX9X.  
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CW DXing and contesting take center stage the weekend of February 18-19, as the 2012 ARRL International DX CW Contest takes to the airwaves. “After years of lackluster conditions on 15 and 10 meters, 2011 finally saw the propagation gods giving us a ...  
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Thanks to Bob Padula for sending in his monitoring observations.Gayle VHAccording to the Ionospheric Prediction Service, Sydney, solar activity on Jan 26 dropped to 126 (10.7 cm flux) and 79 (SSN). Predictions for Jan 28 are 120/72.There is continuing excellent propagation into Melbourne in the 7 MHz band during our post sunrise period, with signal paths from Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle dominant.This band has become heavily congested...  
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DX UniversitySouthgate Amateur Radio ClubEnhance your DXing adventure! At last, here is your opportunity to directly benefit from the skills and experience of some of the world's best-known DXers. We all know about the wonderful success of Contest University (CTU), developed in recent years ...  
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Tropical Band DXing - Part 3

By miketaperell on  From taperell.blogspot.com
In this next post we will look at a basic wire antenna that will bring in the DX. Knowing how to construct and position your own antennas will go a long way to helping you fill your log with DX as well as making antenna construction fun. We will refer to the various wavebands by their wavelength rather than their frequency so here is a table you can refer to. 2300-2500 kHz = 120 meter band 3200-3400 kHz = 90 meter band 4750-5060 kHz = 60 meter band Quarter wave antennas Without going into the...Read Full Story

Broadcast Band DXing And Propagation

By miketaperell on  From taperell.blogspot.com
Having got a radio and an antenna positioned as high and as straight as you can, you are ready to make a start listening for the DX. The fascination of short wave listening, be it listening on the broadcast bands, the ordinary short wave bands or the ham radio frequencies, is that it is never the same experience twice. In just the same way that the weather outside your door varies from day to day so do the conditions on the various radio bands. But, unlike the weather, there is a strong...Read Full Story

Tropical Band DXing - The Fish In The Sea

By miketaperell on  From taperell.blogspot.com
I've had a change of mind. The antenna I have already described is a perfectly good antenna for tropical band DXing (and will do a fair job on the other bands, too). So, having persuaded you to try this antenna, it seems silly to describe other antennas so I will look at the art of DXing the tropical bands and leave a discussion of other antennas until later. You've got the antenna, you've got the radio... The fascination of any form of DXing is that you never know in advance what you will...Read Full Story

Tropical Band DXing - Part 1

By miketaperell on  From taperell.blogspot.com
The so called 'Tropical Bands' consist of the following three short wave frequency ranges: 2300-2500 kHz 3200-3400 kHz 4750-5060 kHz All three of these bands are quite close together and fall between the 160 meter and 40 meter amateur bands. They are called 'Tropical Bands' following an agreement a long time back that the frequencies would be allocated to countries within the area marked out by the tropics for their domestic broadcasting only. The idea was to exclude other countries and keep...Read Full Story

Meteor Scatter Of VHF Signals 3

By miketaperell on  From taperell.blogspot.com
" /> " /> "id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356900503754069234" /> We have looked at meteor scatter in quite a bit of depth already in the last two instalments posted to this blog. If you want to read them, they are posted on Friday so just look back for the last two Fridays. Today, however, we will continue the series by looking at how to get the signal to the receiver. Antennas I always start a post on antennas by saying the same thing: the antenna is the most important part of your setup, it doesn't...Read Full Story
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