40m listening freqs?

[Curt M. Breneman]

Brian Kelly wrote:
>
> Robert Joshua Chen wrote:
>
> > I just installed a 40m antenna and would like to get a feel for the
> > band. Anybody have any recommendations about which freqs to listen to at
> > what times (i.e., nets, rag-chewing get-togethers, etc.)?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > -Robert
>
> >
> 40m is not in the least bit "channelized" or "scheduled" or "organized". The
> cw starts at 7.0005 and goes up, the digital modes are generally found at
> 7.050 and up, Stateside ssb is further up the band. 40m cooks between
> sundown and sunup, hook that new antenna to a decent radio, tune, tune,
> tune, LEARN and enjoy.
> >
> w3rv

Unfortunately, most of the "cooking" is being done by SW
broadcasters... It's a really different band than it was in the 70's
when I first got started in ham radio! I'm told that some good
filtering or DSP will help to make "nighttime-40" worth trying, but I
don't have that on my Yaesu FTDX 560....so I mostly avoid it and stick
to the lower part of 20m SSB in the evenings.

Curt Breneman
RPI Chemistry
KC2EBP

[Jim Pennino]

Curt M. Breneman <bre...@rpi.edu> wrote:
> Brian Kelly wrote:

> Unfortunately, most of the "cooking" is being done by SW
> broadcasters... It's a really different band than it was in the 70's
> when I first got started in ham radio! I'm told that some good
> filtering or DSP will help to make "nighttime-40" worth trying, but I
> don't have that on my Yaesu FTDX 560....so I mostly avoid it and stick
> to the lower part of 20m SSB in the evenings.

> Curt Breneman
> RPI Chemistry
> KC2EBP

Try PSK31 at 7070; not a lot of stations yet, but sometimes....

Jim Pennino

[Robert Joshua Chen]

I just installed a 40m antenna and would like to get a feel for the
band. Anybody have any recommendations about which freqs to listen to at
what times (i.e., nets, rag-chewing get-togethers, etc.)?

Thanks,
-Robert

--

[Brian Kelly]

Robert Joshua Chen wrote:

>

[Brian Kelly]

"Curt M. Breneman" wrote:

> Unfortunately, most of the "cooking" is being done by SW
> broadcasters... It's a really different band than it was in the 70's
> when I first got started in ham radio! I'm told that some good
> filtering or DSP will help to make "nighttime-40" worth trying, but I
> don't have that on my Yaesu FTDX 560....so I mostly avoid it and stick
> to the lower part of 20m SSB in the evenings.

>
The guy asked about 40m so I limited my response to his query to 40m. Sure, 40 is
a qrm "challenge", but it's also a great "boot camp" for a newbie. If he can
handle 40 he can handle any band. Except maybe 160 and 80. I've run 40 with
everthing from a Heath AT-1 with one crystal for 7.060 and a Hallicrafters S-40B
back when to my current whizzy TS-940SAT xcvr and JRC NRD-545 100% DSP rcvr. But
I'm not at all convinced that I'm having more fun now than I did back when despite
the big-bucks gear. Being a cw op I'm pretty much unaffected by BC stations, I
work right thru 'em. Personal perspectives and prefences get into the mix and it
sometimes gets kinda difficult to put yerself in the other guy's shoes, etc.
>
>Curt Breneman

> RPI Chemistry
> KC2EBP

>
w3rv

[Brian Kelly]

Jim Pennino wrote:

>
> Try PSK31 at 7070; not a lot of stations yet, but sometimes....

>
. . . gonna happen . . !
>

>
>
> Jim Pennino

>
w3rv

[Murray Neece]

Robert, depending on whether you can hear Texas and the southwest....7.235
and 7.245 are active here througout the day but mostly 9-11 centaral am
and after 330 pm....but action everywhere on 4 00 especially in drive
time and evening time...enjoy...73 Murray K5MDM....PS as nite good Dx when
you can find a hole without a broadcast station..7.244 or
45......7.262...7.235....

[AC6V]

Robert Joshua Chen wrote:

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Robert -- try these URL's:
Calling Frequencies - http://ac6v.com/pagecall.html
HF Nets - http://ac6v.com/pagep.html
The "Considerate Operator's Frequency Guide" --
http://www.primechoice.com/w7pxl/freq.html
ARRL Net Search --- http://www.arrl.org/field/nets/client/index.html
NETS TO YOU! -- http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/nets2you.html

HF NETS AND FREQUENCIES ON THE AMATEUR/HAM RADIO BANDS --
http://pw1.netcom.com/~tofull/hfnets.htm

Good Luck weeding thru the BC Stations

--
73 From Rod In Oceanside, CA
Amateur Radio & DX Reference Guide
Featuring 100+ Pages, 750 Indexed Topics & 6000 Links
http://ac6v.com/
Over 850,000 Hits On The Counter

[Mr. Mister]

Try this:
7.000 to 7.150 is the CW portion of the band
7.000 to 7.060 - lots of CW
7.150 to 7.300 is the SSB portion of the band
there are a couple of nets
7.235 HHH net starts at 0700 utc
7.2385 another net in the evenings
Or, just tune around. :-)

Also pick up a copy of Monitoring Times that lists the english
broadcasts of various stations.
GL & 73

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