Short Wave Received - Controlled from your PC

stigggeh · 16 Jan 2010 at 23:36

Dogoid said:
1849.79 kHz

bw 7.89 kHz @ -6dB; 8.35 kHz

repeating voice sounds like its saying a number then" echo "then "america contest" or "united america contest " or something

sierra papa six united america (SP6UA..some people just dont use phonetic alphabet correctly.) and he is calling contest.

He is from poland.

prefix is here if you fancy looking at more. http://www.rsgb.org/operating/prefixlist.php

Mr. Anderson · 16 Jan 2010 at 23:37

Heh, got my own transceiver in the room next door, this is kind of cool though

In fact, i could probably start talking, i could tell you the frequency and you could probably hear me. Although i cbb to do that.

Feek · 16 Jan 2010 at 23:39

sierra papa six echo united america; contest

There's a contest going on and he's calling for people to answer him.

/edit - far too slow!

Stiggeh and Mr. Anderson - callsigns?

Mr. Anderson · 16 Jan 2010 at 23:40

Also, all the bands that you are receiving there are High Frequency, they bounce off the atmosphere rather than being line of sight.

Dogoid · 16 Jan 2010 at 23:40

stigggeh said:
sierra papa six united america (SP6UA..some people just dont use phonetic alphabet correctly.) and he is calling contest.
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calling contest? what does that mean?

edit nm, answered.

Feek · 16 Jan 2010 at 23:41

It's an amateur radio contest where the idea is to talk to as many people as possible over a set time period.

Mr. Anderson · 16 Jan 2010 at 23:42

Contests are just that, you have to get as many interactions with other ham radioers as you can. Normally run over the weekend.

Dogoid · 16 Jan 2010 at 23:43

whats the scope of the coverage with this antenna?

Feek · 16 Jan 2010 at 23:44

It's variable, different frequencies will perform better/worse depending on the time of day. Personally I've never been into HF so I'm sure someone can give a better indication than me so I'm not even going to try.

randal · 16 Jan 2010 at 23:45

Cool idea and implementation. However SW radio chatter creeps me out.

stigggeh · 16 Jan 2010 at 23:45

Dogoid said:
calling contest? what does that mean?

You get points for the amount of other people you make contact with. you add up the points for all the contacts you make. You then submit a log (a list off callsigns of people you have spoke with) and win if you have the most points.

Mr. Anderson · 16 Jan 2010 at 23:45

Dogoid said:
whats the scope of the coverage with this antenna?

Multiband, it has all the amateur radio HF bands, 160m 80m 60m 40m 30m 20m

Mr. Anderson · 16 Jan 2010 at 23:46

stigggeh said:
You get points for the amount of other people you make contact with. you add up the points for all the contacts you make. You then submit a log (a list off callsigns of people you have spoke with) and win if you have the most points.

Not sure about the foreign ones, but over here in the UK, they swap Locators, which are of the form AA11AA, and that gives you a pretty good idea of where they are.

Mr. Anderson · 16 Jan 2010 at 23:47

Take a look at this so you can find out where there is likely to be people talking.

http://www.rsgb-spectrumforum.org.uk/bandplan.htm

20m and 40m tend to be the most used bands.

ringo747 · 16 Jan 2010 at 23:50

Many other licensed radio users on here? I did my MI3 beginners license a few years ago but sadly have no gear at the moment. It was all a bit formal for me and I must have been the only local guy my age into it. All a bunch of oldies. Used to work 2m and 70cms bands. No HF.

stigggeh · 16 Jan 2010 at 23:51

Mr. Anderson said:
Not sure about the foreign ones, but over here in the UK, they swap Locators, which are of the form AA11AA, and that gives you a pretty good idea of where they are.

more so on VHF and UHF, I dont use that muck

73 Mike....

edit: Bulgaria on 1849

Mr. Anderson · 16 Jan 2010 at 23:56

stigggeh said:
more so on VHF and UHF, I dont use that muck

73 Mike....

2m band is my favourite

Get the truckers on the repeaters, talk to my granddad on that as well lol.

Also, i don't tend to use SSB, i prefer PSK31, after all, i am pc orientated :cool:

Feek · 17 Jan 2010 at 00:00

I contest a lot on VHF and 50MHz and our group is going to start doing some 70cms contests this year as well. We're quite active and we're doing reasonably well. I also run an APRS radio<>internet gateway and have done since early 2000

Mr. Anderson · 17 Jan 2010 at 00:08

I got my full license in 2004, was only 14

Haven't really been active for a couple of years now though due to spending most of my time at uni.

stigggeh · 17 Jan 2010 at 00:15

ringo747 said:
Many other licensed radio users on here? I did my MI3 beginners license a few years ago but sadly have no gear at the moment. It was all a bit formal for me and I must have been the only local guy my age into it. All a bunch of oldies. Used to work 2m and 70cms bands. No HF.

A few of us, I know Vapor matt is too, I noticed him on another forum.