Thanks for the encouragement. Between your skill level and your abundant patience I'd guess you're a bit ahead of the rest. If only I had a fraction of your knowledge. ...On the other hand, maybe a fraction of your knowledge is exactly what I have :-) How much power do you think you would need to DX to the Pleiades/ Messier 45 ? And do you think you could get a reply in our lifetime? I always enjoy your segments. 73.
@WaterWhiteTuber
6 жыл бұрын
Wait a minute. Perhaps the answer is never. Don't you need atmosphere to DX ?
@JoeLalumia
6 жыл бұрын
As to your second question! :) The Pleiades is about 440 light years away; so you will wait almost 900 years for an answer! As to power it depends on the size of the ALIEN antenna! :Ha! :) 73
@JoeLalumia
6 жыл бұрын
No atmosphere needed--- the signals go straight out into space.
@dekc2jli821
6 жыл бұрын
DE KC2JLI I GET ON 7.264.00 @8AM AND ON 3982.5 ON 80M AT 9AM..
@1958johndeere620
6 жыл бұрын
I'm spoiled, live 3 miles from the Atlantic and rock ssb to the eastern European block all the time still even with 100 watts. I hear 20 before dark, 40 around dusk, then 80.
@JoeLalumia
6 жыл бұрын
73
@GayDXer1217
6 жыл бұрын
Just goes to show, only way to know about the band conditions is to just fire up the radio and tune around and listen. As any radio enthusiast/amatuer radio operator knows conditions can change by the minute especially in the hf/sw bands. And even the am broadcast bands at night.
@JoeLalumia
6 жыл бұрын
Absolutely correct. AND-- sometimes the band is open but no one is calling CQ. They are all listening. :)
@nontimebomala2267
6 жыл бұрын
Good practice when stalking DX. Tune to 10 meters and listen a bit. No signals? Drop down one band and repeat. Continue this process till you land on the first band that is *wide open* . Now move up *one* band and work there. That is where the DX is *right now* ... It might have been rocket science fifty years ago but it ain't anymore.
@JoeLalumia
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the great suggestion. 73
@JoeLalumia
6 жыл бұрын
WSJT-X free software physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/wsjtx.html FT8 digital mode how to-- www.physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/K1JT/FT8_Operating_Tips.pdf
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