Where to listen for DX SSB
Nathan
someone asked the other day for good frequencies t listen for good DX
stations. Thanks to Rod, 26SY12 for providing this info:
27.555 USB - The Alpha Tango calling frequency {now the international
calling frequency}. Very noisy! But when quiet listening here can give
good results.
27.455 USB - The French calling frequency very good for all French
speaking countries - Quebec, Martinique, Reunion Island, parts of
Lebanon,
French Equatorial Africa, Senegal, New Caledonia, Also good for
Spanish and Portuguese speaking countries too.
26.285 USB - The calling frequency for 26 MHz
27.515 LSB - The old Kilo Papa Frequency. Was very good for South
America, Caribbean and USA .Its popularity might have dwindled over the
years.
27.920 LSB - The old World Wide club calling frequency was very
good for west coast USA, Canada, Alaska.
27.275 USB - Great for South Africa also listen on 27.595 USB and
sometimes on 27.545 USB
27.275 USB - Still great for South Africa, lots of stations heard
on the 26th of October.
27.355 LSB - Is a very good frequency to start listening for
Australia.
27.345 LSB - Is a good frequency for Portugal, Azores, Brazil,
Madeira
Estimated times of propagation to popular parts of the world based on my
experience and log book times in GMT
Earliest latest - I have ever heard them. Peak means the best time
to get on the radio to contact them.
Note. These times are only relevant to northern Europe
Earliest- latest- peak
South Africa 11.30 19.30 15.00-17.30
Western Australia 6.00 13.30 10.30-12.30 i.e. Perth
Eastern Australia 7.00 15.30 11.00-12.30 i.e. Sydney, Melbourne
Northern Australia 7.00 17.00 11.00-2.00 i.e. Darwin
Australia long path 23.00 3.00 23.00-2.00 - Beaming over South
America
New Zealand 7.00 17.30 23.00-1.00
East coast USA 11.30 2.00 13.00-17.30 i.e. Florida, New York Ohio,
Carolina
Midwest USA 12.30 22.00 15.00-17.30 i.e. south California Arizona
Utah
North-western USA 15.00 22.00 16.00-19.00 i.e. Oregon Montana
Vancouver Manitoba, Alaska
Useful noises on the radio.
Generally noises on the radio are unwanted interference. But
sometimes they can be very helpful indication off where the propagation
is coming
from.
For Scandinavia listen on 27.445 for a type of tone and a clicking
noise on 27425. Can be heard
For Germany and central Europe 27.515 there is a similar tone
A very good indication of propagation for North America is on
27.185 AM, yes the CB channel 19. If you listen on here and point your
beam to
the USA there is a very loud, what I can only describe as a
rumbling noise the louder this noise the better the propagation, don't
get the noise
confused with other propagation though.
The best times of year to contact various parts of the world.
Quick guide: i.e. you will only hear the US in Europe in early
August with any regularity in the high sunspot months in low sunspot
years the best
months are late October to late January. Same system applies to
other areas of the world.
Winter time is the always the best. In summer the sporadic E takes
over.
Don't take this information too literally, as propagation will
always surprise you in the end
Eastern USA - from early August through to early April with
November to January being the best months
Western USA - from mid September to mid March with November to
January being the best months.
South America - all year round with the winter months being the
best.
South Africa - late August to mid march again winter being the
best.
Australia - late September to March.
Propagation radio beacons
Also good indications are the ham propagation beacons on 10 metres
around 28.160-28.300 if you can understand CW these are very helpful.
Listen for the callsign if its not the callsign it will be ether
F1A or A1A in CW. These are only a small amount of the total beacon
stations on 10
metres but these are the strongest stations, with a total effective
power output of over 20 watts most beacons are QRP (low power).
28.050 PY2GOB Sao Paulo. ERP-15 watts. 28.200 GB3SX England CW-F1A. ERP-
8 watts
28.175 VE3TEN Ottawa. ERP-10 watts. 28.200 KF4MS St. Petersburg FL.
ERP-75 watts
28.191 5B4ZL Cyprus. ERP-10 watts. 28.200 W6WX California ERP-100
watts
28.204 DL0IGI Germany. ERP-100 watts. 28.208 WE1IOB Marlboro, MA.
ERP-75 watts
28.210 K4KMZ Elizabethtown, KY. ERP-20 watts 28.215 GB3RAL Slough,
England. CW-F1A ERP-20 watts
28.220 5B4CY Zyyi. CW-F1A ERP-26 watts. 28.230 N2ECB Springfield,
NJ ERP-25 watts
28.230 ZL2MHF Mt.Climie. CW-F1A ERP-50 watts. 28.237 YO2KHP
Timisoara. ERP-20 watts
28.242.5 ZS1CTB Capetown. CW-F1A ERP-20 watts. 28.244 WA6APQ Long
Beach,CA. CW-A1A ERP-30 watts.
28.257.5 DK0TEN Arbeitsgen Cw-F1A ERP-40 watts. 28.260 KA1NSV
Hyannis,MA CW-A1A ERP-80 watts
28.262 VK2RSY Sydney CW-A1A ERP-25 watts. 28.268KB4UPI Birmingham,
AL ERP-20
28.300 ZS1LA Still Bay. CW-F1A ERP-20 watts. 28.315 ZS6DN Irene
ERP-100 watts
Under no circumstances must you transmit on the ham bands without a
valid ham license.
73's
--
Nathan
Gerard Micheau
> Hi,
> someone asked the other day for good frequencies t listen for good DX
> stations. Thanks to Rod, 26SY12 for providing this info:
Thanks Nathan for forwarding us these very interesting informations.
You also can try on 27.565 USB to get the "Kilo Romeo DX Group"
in Krasnodar, Russia. (Also 27.235 MHz in packet radio). Point your
Beam to East-South-East, and you surely will hear them. The best
time to contact them is 9.00 to 15.00 TU (GMT).
Moreover, you also can to get in touch with the President of the
Club, Vladimir May, to:
Or their Web site: http://www.chat.ru/~kubcbdx/
Good DX'ing and best 73's to all.
Gerard.
Tall Guy
<Nat...@spamtrap.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>Hi,
>someone asked the other day for good frequencies t listen for good DX
>stations. Thanks to Rod, 26SY12 for providing this info:
<snip>
Thanks for all of this Nathan, fascinating stuff.
Cheers,
Jon.
Philip de Cadenet
>someone asked the other day for good frequencies t listen for good DX
>stations. Thanks to Rod, 26SY12 for providing this info:
>
>27.555 USB - The Alpha Tango calling frequency {now the international
>calling frequency}.
members onto THEIR freq, no, never:-)
> Very noisy! But when quiet listening here can give
> good results.
> 27.455 USB - The French calling frequency very good for all French
>speaking countries - Quebec, Martinique, Reunion Island, parts of
>Lebanon,
> French Equatorial Africa, Senegal, New Caledonia, Also good for
>Spanish and Portuguese speaking countries too.
Yes, that means most of Africa.
>
> 26.285 USB - The calling frequency for 26 MHz
>
> 27.515 LSB - The old Kilo Papa Frequency. Was very good for South
>America, Caribbean and USA .Its popularity might have dwindled over the
> years.
>
> 27.920 LSB - The old World Wide club calling frequency was very
>good for west coast USA, Canada, Alaska.
Yes, they were based in Nova Scotia. Plenty of members all over the US
and Canada. Most all of the loud stations back in the heat of the late
70's, early 80's had a 1 or 2WW call emminating out of their
TS520/530's.
> 27.275 USB - Great for South Africa also listen on 27.595 USB and
>sometimes on 27.545 USB
>
> 27.275 USB - Still great for South Africa, lots of stations heard
>on the 26th of October.
>
> 27.355 LSB - Is a very good frequency to start listening for
>Australia.
I've also been hearing the pacific countries just above 405.
An equally good indication of propagation from North America can be had
by listening to their channel 6. Some say you can't get across the
street with under a kilowatt.
> The best times of year to contact various parts of the world.
>
> Quick guide: i.e. you will only hear the US in Europe in early
>August with any regularity in the high sunspot months in low sunspot
>years the best
> months are late October to late January. Same system applies to
>other areas of the world.
>
> Winter time is the always the best. In summer the sporadic E takes
>over.
>
> Don't take this information too literally, as propagation will
>always surprise you in the end
>
> Eastern USA - from early August through to early April with
>November to January being the best months
>
> Western USA - from mid September to mid March with November to
>January being the best months.
In my experience under normal conditions stations from the west coast
and mid western states do suffer severe signal degradation due to having
to get across all those mountain ranges. Occassionally of course we do
hhave good signals to and from this area on 11m but it is the exception
rather than the rule.
> South America - all year round with the winter months being the
>best.
Learning a little espanol goes a long way in clearing up the more
unusual countries in central and latin America.
> South Africa - late August to mid march again winter being the
>best.
>
> Australia - late September to March.
>
>
>
>
>
> Propagation radio beacons
>
> Also good indications are the ham propagation beacons on 10 metres
>around 28.160-28.300 if you can understand CW these are very helpful.
I suggest everyone gets an up to date beacon list, this will help you
all close in on that coveted title of WAC on 11m!
I'm glad the AT's have finally climbed down off their lunchbox and
relinquished use off 555 for the populace even though it never effected
me personally.
Phil / Milton Keynes
26WW4/26E17/Unit 148/G4ZOW
Heil mic-Datong RF processor-Harris RF-3200 transceiver-1200w o/p mobile
- homebrew 13'6 Texas Bugcatcher with 4' capacity hat.
Harris RF-3200-3.5kw o/p FET amp-5 ele Hy-Gain Long John antenna @ 90'
Don't have many problems being heard on 555:-)