[IRCA] ARRL 600-METER EXPERIMENT SEEKS RECEPTION REPORTS

[Bruce Portzer <bportzer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>From The ARRL Letter, Vol 25, No 49 (Dec 15, 2006)-----



The ARRL 500 kc Experimental Group for Amateur Radio (WD2XSH)
<http://www.500kc.com/> is encouraging radio amateurs and listeners to
submit reception reports <http://w5jgv.com/500kcreportform.htm> of group
members' operations between 505 and 508 kHz. As of this week, 16 of the 21
WD2XSH participants were on the air.

"Several 500 kHz experimenters are generally active every evening," says
Experiment Coordinator Fritz Raab, W1FR, in Vermont. "Your signal reports
will help to establish communication capabilities." Team participants are
using 507.5 kHz as a "calling frequency."

Raab urges listeners to file multiple reports for receiving the same station
on different days. "This helps to establish the reliability of the
communication path," he said. Most communications to date have been
nighttime skywave using CW and very slow-speed CW (QRSS).

Raab also would appreciate reports from northeastern Nebraska comparing the
signal strengths of WD2XSH stations to those of NDB (non-directional beacon)
OF on 510 kHz. Raab says the six WD2XSH stations in the Midwest are avoiding
508 to 510 kHz to make sure there aren't any interference problems.

More than two dozen two-way contacts have been logged to date, the best
distance being 884 miles. The experiment's Web site already has gathered
more than 900 reception reports. Three stations have been received in
Europe, one in Hawaii.

Gus Gustafson, SM6BHZ, in Gothenberg on Sweden's western coast, contacted
Raab this week with the news that Sweden's telecommunication authority has
given Gustafson permission to operate from 505.0 to 505.2 kHz at 20 W ERP
until November 30, 2007.

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