Jim - there were tons of DX stations operating in our beacon band from
50.060 to 50.080 because the 20 KHz higher was so crowded. For stations in
the south and Midwest the east coast beacons must have been a solid wall.
For us on the east coast TA2ZAF in Turkey was audible underneath the W3CCX
beacon on 50.080 so no Q there!
There is no solution to this except for telling the Europeans and other DX
that if they cannot find a place from .080 to 50.1 that they should go BELOW
50.060 to avoid our beacons. And educating us that we should look for cw DX
BELOW 50.060. There are DX beacons down there but at nowhere near the
density of US beacons.
We should be happy that propagation conditions are so good that the beacons
become a problem. :-)
73 Gene W3ZZ
World Above 50 MHz
FM19jd MD
50 => 10 GHz
Grid Pirates Contest Group K8GP
Member, CQWW Contest Advisory Group
-----Original Message-----
From: James French [mailto:w8iss@wideopenwest.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 12:12 AM
To: vhfcontesting@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] [VHF] Beacon Subbands and CW
Steve, how were they messing up QSO's? I heard beacons between 50.060 and
50.080MHZ this weekend and not one station in there at all. The stations I
did
find were below the beacons I heard at 50.060MHz.
I even made a couple of CW contacts on 6m, a first for me...:)
James W8ISS
=====
On Sunday 20 June 2010 08:13:16 Crownhaven wrote:
> Actually, the beacons are messing up important QSOs......:))))))) I
> guess the CW portion of the band is so crowded during this enhanced
> propagation that folks are moving lower and lower to find a place to
> operate. I was seeing DX spotted down to 50070 yesterday.......I
> couldn't copy one of them due to a domestic beacon.
>
> Steve, N4JQQ, EM55
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