One week from tonight, on Saturday Feb 4th, the 2nd Midwinter 630m Activity
Event will take place. The highlight of this event will be the opportunity
for amateurs, throughout North America, to attempt crossband CW contacts with
Canadian
amateurs operating on 630m.
Canadian stations will call CQ on announced frequencies within the 630m band
and listen on individual HF (QSX) frequencies for
callers.
Due to the RTTY and Sprint activities on the same night, some of the QSX
frequencies have been shifted from those that might normally have been used in
the past.
There appears to be a lot of growing interest in 630m among topband operators.
It is hoped that the USA will soon have access to 630m as a ham band.
There will also be a large turnout of U.S. experimental activity, either in
beacon mode or in two-way QSO mode with other experimental service
stations.
In past events, several Transcontinental crossband contacts have been
completed. It is hoped that operating events such as this can serve to
demonstrate the interesting
propagation possibilities of this unique part of the spectrum and generate more
new interest in the 630m band.
To read more about this event, please see the ARRL news announcement here:
http://www.arrl.org/news/second-annual-midwinter-630-meter-activity-night-set-for-february-4-5
This time out, there will be six Canadian stations, from Newfoundland to the
west coast, hoping to work as many of you as possible!
Station: CF7MM (Mark) CN89 Coquitlam, British Columbia
Time: February 5, 0200-0700 UTC
Transmit frequency: 475.0 kHz
Receive (QSX) frequency: 1,801 kHz, 3,501 kHz, 3,528, and 7,028 kHz
Station: VE7BDQ (John) CN89 Delta, British Columbia
Time: February 5, 0300-0700 UTC
Transmit frequency: 474.0 kHz
Receive (QSX) frequency: 1,833 kHz, 3,533 kHz
Station: CG7CNF (Toby) CN89 Burnaby, British Columbia
Time: February 5, 0200-0800 UTC
Transmit frequency: 476.5 kHz
Receive (QSX) frequency: 1,827 kHz, 3,527 kHz, 7,027 kHz
Station: VE7SL (Steve) CN88 Mayne Island, British Columbia
Time: February 5, 0200-0700 UTC
Transmit frequency: 473.0 kHz
Receive (QSX) frequency: 3,526 kHz, 7,115 kHz
Station: VO1NA (Joe) GN37 Torbay, Newfoundland
Time: February 4, 2130 UTC, until February 5, 0130 UTC; After 0130 UTC, 5WPM
CW beacon until 1000 UTC
Transmit frequency: 477.7 kHz
Receive (QSX) frequency: 3,525.5 kHz
Station: VE3OT (Mitch) EN92 London, Ontario
Time: February 5, 0000-0500 UTC
Transmit frequency: 477.0 kHz
Receive (QSX) frequency: 3,610 kHz, 7,105 kHz
Steve, VE7SL 73
New site location:
WEB - "The VE7SL Radio Notebook": http://qsl.net/ve7sl/
VE7SL BLOG - "Homebrewing and Operating Adventures From 2200m to Nanowaves":
http://ve7sl.blogspot.ca/
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