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![]() "Rockinghorse Winner" wrote in message ... Hello, I am new tot the hobby. I just finished building the Tentec 15 Meter QRP rig and was tuning the dial, but could not hear any CW stations on the upper part of the band 21.150 MHz. Heard a lot of SSB over the weekend with several European and Carribean stations breaking through, along with the US pileup. But since I've had the radio working, no CW in the Novice/Tech portion of the band. I get the same dismal results through the Sangean ATS909, except the noise floor is a LOT louder. Ant is dipole on roof tuned to resonance. Is 15 Meter CW dead for the time being? Lee KI6AZS These days the CW activity is normally in the lower part of the band (i.e. General & Extra portions). There are so few active Novices and Techs with code that you will seldom hear activity in the Novice CW portions of the bands. The active ones basically upgraded to General when the code requirement became 5wpm across the board. However, if you have passed the code requirement, I suggest checking the FISTS website and trying to call CQ on the FISTS calling frequency. There are sometimes people listening there for the express purpose of helping the new people. The 15 meter band isn't "dead" but it is not open as often or as long right now while we are in the low part of the sunspot cycle. The best time of day is probably early afternoon. Dee D. Flint, N8UZE |
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"Dee Flint" writes:
"Rockinghorse Winner" wrote in message .. . Hello, I am new tot the hobby. I just finished building the Tentec 15 Meter QRP rig and was tuning the dial, but could not hear any CW stations on the upper part of the band 21.150 MHz. Heard a lot of SSB over the weekend with several European and Carribean stations breaking through, along with the US pileup. But since I've had the radio working, no CW in the Novice/Tech portion of the band. I get the same dismal results through the Sangean ATS909, except the noise floor is a LOT louder. Ant is dipole on roof tuned to resonance. Is 15 Meter CW dead for the time being? Lee KI6AZS These days the CW activity is normally in the lower part of the band (i.e. General & Extra portions). There are so few active Novices and Techs with code that you will seldom hear activity in the Novice CW portions of the bands. The active ones basically upgraded to General when the code requirement became 5wpm across the board. However, if you have passed the code requirement, I suggest checking the FISTS website and trying to call CQ on the FISTS calling frequency. There are sometimes people listening there for the express purpose of helping the new people. The 15 meter band isn't "dead" but it is not open as often or as long right now while we are in the low part of the sunspot cycle. The best time of day is probably early afternoon. Dee D. Flint, N8UZE OK, thank you, Dee for that bit of info on the 15 meter band. I am going to reset my toroids for the lower edge of the band to see if I can work some QRP qso's. Also, I will look up the FISTS website and see about thos e calling freq's. Take care and 73 Lee KI6AZS |
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