I have an SDR receiver (Softrock VHF Ensemble II receiver) that I
leave displaying the beacon band on 6m. When beacons pop up, it's very
evident on the waterfall display. At least then I know there's some
sort of band opening and to where.
Modern technology amazes me. I never dreamed of some of this stuff 30
years ago. But it's great to have now!
73, Zack W9SZ
On 2/15/14, Jerry <jer.sieg@shaw.ca> wrote:
> I had several locals..telling me 'I was Loco' for monitoring 6M all the
> time I am in the shack (stand alone 6M stn) I convinced a group of them
> to try 6M after the local 2M FM Net on the clubs Repeater one evening !
> Many comments were "Wow..I have never heard a signal on this Band
> before..and I have owned this Rig for many, many years" ! I gave them a
> couple /B freq. to put into memory.."Have a look every once in
> awhile..maybe you will hear the band is open" ! Then.. every once in
> awhile, one will tell me they 'Do Hear the /B off and On" ! So when I
> tell them that is MS pings they are hearing.. "What is That" is the
> Reply ! So.. many of us OT'rs are probably Guilty of 'Not Sharing Info'
> often enough..and many more are still the 'Plug and Play HF, FM Utility
> Op's that any interested young ones can't get a reasonable explanation
> of anything 'New' (well..to them !) Most of the 'Seasoned Vets' I will
> call them, locally..it's '2M is for FM, HF is the AM 40M Gang..then the
> 80M evening Traffic Net...and 10, 15, 20M for DX..(or chatting with your
> friend across the Country 'Every Day' about the same things ! ) I had a
> small group in the shack one time..showing them what WSJT can do for MS
> and EME. They were All impressed..but afterwards..they stated that
> 'None of them Owned a PC at home' to use it ! I am sure they still
> 'turn that Big Knob to change the channels on the TV as well' ! :o)
> You should have heard the 'Uproar on FM when I mentioned I have 300W on
> 2M' !
> Going to be a 'Slow Growing Process'..not sure if there is any 'quick
> fixes' !
> Jerry
> VE6CPP
> On 2/15/2014 11:06 AM, Dan Evans wrote:
>> I believe Zack is right. Most hams are afraid of anything less than plug
>> and play. So they are not willing to invest in a transverter that they
>> think would be too complicated to operate...
>>
>> And yes, you and I know that modern transverters are not that difficult to
>> get on the air. But, do the "other guys" know that?
>>
>> I still think advertising is the key. Some experienced ops answering
>> questions in the forums will help (I've posted a few times). But I would
>> like to see some articles about station building and operating by some
>> experienced ops. Articles in QST and CQ are great, Eham.net is a great
>> place as well. And lets face it, Eham will publish just about anything,
>> hi hi.
>>
>> For example, how about a couple of short articles on buying a modern 222
>> transverter, how to hook it up and get on the air with it. And maybe
>> what you did with it when it was up and running...
>>
>> 73
>> Dan
>>
>
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