Davichko5650

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First off, congrats on obtaining the Amateur license, now you can go much further down the RF Rabbit Hole! It can be seen as stupid, programming an HT on the radio's keypad, but it is an essential skill to have. If out in the boonies with no laptop and needing to enter a simplex frequency or repeater input/output and tones, etc. knowing how to do this can save you! CPS and Chirp are fine and also good to know how to navigate, but if that's not an option, being able to program on the fly on the HT will yield benefits. 73 hope to see you on the radio!

Just tried to look at 47 CFR 97 and it said "this section is undergoing maintenance and will be available soon." Mayhap they're re-writing the 60m band allocations for Friday?

This will be interesting as Ch 3 at 5358.5 is the FT8 5357 Khz + the 1.5 frequency - so wonder if they'll co-opt another of the remaining 4 or just everyone drop down to the 9 watts?

Thanks for the update. Waiting to see how Part 97 is changed to match - we were, other than the 100w channels supposed to get the band similar to the allocations the ITU has for other countries. Most other countries allow amateurs to run 10w, so the 9.15w is in line with that, but one must take into account the antenna gain for that ERP. I listen on 60 a lot outside the amateur bands and there's various mode traffic there pretty much 24/7. Lots of Wide band RTTY encrypted and other digital modes cooking, not much phone.

I knew Herr H.E.R.D. would know this!

FT8 3573 - 5357 - 7074 - 10136 - 14074 - 21074 - 24915 - 28074 - 50313 all USB 80 60 40 30 20 15 12 10 6 If it's on 160 I don't know the freq. as I don't have anyway to operate on Top Band.

FT8 is on 5357 KHz on 60m VarAC is a digital mode using the Vara HF protocol. I don't recall what Freq we used on 60, but not the FT8 one of course. It's normally on 7105 - 14105 etc for calling then has slots to use 750 KHZ up and down from the calling freqs. MIL - Military a station with an NNN# callsign came on in CW and told us to QSY as they were going to use the frequency we were on. They then began sending CW with 5 letter/number groups - encrypted of course.

Currently a "channelized" band, but effective 2-13-26 the entire band is open for amateur use in the US in a shared allocation. The 5 center frequencies will keep their 100w power limit, the rest of the band will have a 9.15w limit. The band is from 5351.5 to 5366.5 KHz. I've been using it on the 5 frequencies allotted for CW, Phone, FT8 and VarAC contacts. All but the VarAC ones were spur of the moment, either calling or answering a CQ. the VarAC contacts were pre-arranged with other stations on one of the other established VarAC frequencies (7.105 - 14.105 etc) and then we'd QSY down to 60 to try it. Not as noisy as 80, and propagation similar to 40. Was asked once by a MIL users of the band to QSY during a cw QSO, as they were going to use the frequency and, as a secondary user, I readily complied. Lots of EU stations on at night on the common FT8 freq. of 5357.

Good luck, hope to see you signing /AG soon! You'll have privileges on all the HF bands, so following the sun will be more fun! 17 meters is one of my favorites, very often good propagation into Japan in the morning on the way into work. Stuck in traffic a bummer? Naw, not when I can grab some more DX!!! My other favorite is at night here - 60 meters. Just hoping for a firmware update from Yaesu on or after 2/13 for the FT-710 when we get full access there. My FT-450D and FT-840 are both MARS modded, so I'll use them until the 710 gets an update. You do at times find "some people" on the WARC Bands (60 - 17 - 12) that are anti-POTA. Ignore them and POTA On!

Somehow the screenshot did not come thru or got deleted. The question as state on the Test (reminder not all question in the pool are on every test) is: Why should you not set your transmit frequency at the edge of an amateur band or sub-band? A - To allow for calibration error in the transmitter frequency display B- So that the modulations sidebands do not extend beyond the band edge C - To allow for transmitter frequency drift D- All the choices are correct D is of course the correct answer here.

Great to hear you working someone I know on 10m here in MN on the video. Could definitely hear the effects of the QSB on the band that day!

The band edges are based on the carrier. Using your 2 kHz bandwidth, in USB mode on 28.500, your modulated signal would be 28.502 MHz, and out of band for US Tech license. You’ll see this once you can jump on 20, the highest you’ll hear a SSB signal there is 14.347 for the 14.350 band edge. works the same in LSB , if you were on 28.300 LSB, your transmitted signal would be 27.298 and out of band again.

Was watching a bit of it at work with the CC on (have to be able to hear the two-way radio, LOL) , not being sad-hammy here, but you showed a guy on 28.500. If you call on that frequency on USB, your signal would be out of band. The carrier at 28.500 and your signal would be about 2.8 Khz wide, putting a portion of your phone emission above 28.500. Would anyone really care or would the wrath of Uncle Charlie descend upon you? Doubtful, but just want you to be above reproach from the "some people" crowd. Look at how Salty Walt got mega slagged for using an export radio, even at 12 watts, on 11 meters on his channel.

I at first did the jumper wires for my 450D, but went with the jumper pad or chip as it's more solid and I was swapping it out between the 450 and my TS-440S until I sold that off.

To add to it. I use FLDigi on my HF radios and it opens up a world of modes for digital! It will even decode wefax and navtex for checking out weather. It also sends and receives CW very well. I use it for contesting as I'm not a great fist when it comes to sending morse.

Yes the 7300, similar to my Yaesu FT-710, has a built in sound card. A buddy who has one had it out at a local Park meet up (non-POTA) that we do up here 2nd Saturdays and he was running it on FT8 and RTTY and it was most excellent. The 897 would indeed need the SignaLink. I would think the SL was jumpered or had the jumper chip for Yaesu. I have one I use on my FT-450D and my FT-891 at home and mobile/portable.

You won't need the SignaLink for the 7300 - built in soundcard.

I enjoy most every facet of the Amateur Radio hobby, but my main interest is in the digital modes such as PSK31, Hellschreiber, VarAC, etc. This is mostly due to the fact that I spend a good deal of my work day talking on two-way radios, a trunked 800 MHz encrypted system, but still enjoy chatting, so I let my fingers do the talking! . I do also enjoy FT8/4. Any mode that is a true RF to RF transfer of information still grabs my ear or eye. I dabble in DMR, but since our local Wed. night net got booted off Brandmeister, have not used it as much. I use EchoLink now and again to connect with friends in SE TN on their 2m repeater. The great thing about the Amateur Service: there's something there for everyone! Anyone out there want to try a My GMRS on air meet up? I can be QRV on 28400 on Saturday at 1400 UTC! If Condx are decent I should be able to hear both coasts and inland...

I assume you're checking the spots listed on the POTA website and then seeing if you're hearing them at your location?

I was mostly on 15 and 10 CW and Phone, but I did work W1NVT on 14225 USB for their QP when I was mobile dropping the wife off at Bingo. I was also checking out a new repeater that's up now in my area for distance, had a good 30+ mile radius.

Worked a number of station down in AZ on 10 and 15. 10 for the 10-10 contest, 15m was just guys checking out propagation, no POTA guys.

Sorry for the delay here as after the fact for the contest. But no, you do not need a 10-10 number to work the 10-10 contests. Basically, once you have 10 10-10 numbers from members in your log, you can submit it to ten-ten.org and get a 10-10 # to give out yourself. It's a bit less popular these days compared to when I first got on 10m as a Tec+ back in '96, but still active. Daily net on 28.380 as I recall, but don't recall the time.

Mostly working the QSO parties from MN BC and VT and the 10-10 SSB contest on 10. Both phone and CW for the state qso parties. Lots of stations on here around 1625 Zulu. Worked a few POTA stations as well. Have heard a few AZ stations on as well up here in MN.

Check it out this weekend - 3 different QSO Parties on the air, VT, BC and my own state, MN. Also a 10-10 contest going on, so should be a lot of traffic on the phone and cw band segments! What's sometimes fun is when you can hear someone on both coasts, but they can't hear each other.