How do you know which wwv you ar ehearing?

73
Butch
WA0VJR
Node 3148
Wallace, ks.


On Thu, 9 May 2013, Colin 
McDonald wrote:

> I check 20MHZ as well.
> WWVH on 20MHZ will often give you an idea if there is propigation to the
> pacific and further west on 15 meters..  If you got a beam for 40M, which I
> know you don't anymore phil, you can also check long path using WWVH on
> 10MHZ for propigation on 40M.
> If 20MHZ is coming in strong for me, usually 12 and 10 meters are active as
> well.
> Up here I hear bolder on 2.5 at night, bolder all the time and occasionally
> hawaii on 5 almost anytime of day, bolder and hawaii on 10 most of the time,
> bolder and hawaii both on 15 24 hours a day, and bolder during the day, and
> hawaii less often on 20MHZ when propigation is good.
> 20MHZ isn't always very strong, but a few days ago it was 10 over S9 which
> is about as strong as WWV or WWVH ever gets here.
> I can pickup WWV bolder 15MHZ on the th f6a using the rubber duck antenna in
> my house lol.
> I can hear it in the basement on the rubber duck on good days.
> 0 land is always a pipe line for us.
>
> 73
> Colin, V A6BKX
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2013 11:29 PM
> Subject: Propagation
>
>
>> I due a lot of band checks at all times of the day and night.  Well, =
>> when I am awake, that is.  The other night, I checked 15 MHz to see what =
>> WWVH was doing compared to Boulder.  I can copy WWV in Boulder on 15 MHz =
>> but it isn't very loud.  The big signals for me, being so close, are 2.5 =
>> and 5 MHz.  Anyhow, WWVH was 30 over S9 using my G5RV wire on 15 megs at =
>> 9 PM at night mountain time.  I haven't heard it that strong at 9:15 PM =
>> mountain time on a wire for a super long time.  5 MHz was 30 over and =
>> 2.5 was running a solid 20 over s9 so conditions were great.  I have =
>> been listening to the Europeans on 20 meters every night at 10 PM coming =
>> in with good signals and VK ZL stations, too later in the evening on 20. =
>> So there is lots to work on 20 during late evenings and maybe all =
>> night.  I go to bed about midnight and sleep late so I don't know what =
>> 20 is like after midnight.  When I had my 2 element yagi at 70 feet, I =
>> heard WWVH in Hawaii on 5 MHz sometimes 40 and 50 over night in the 5 to =
>> 7 A M window.  I heard W1AW many times on all bands.  I program their =
>> frequencies for each band into my QSY ER and then run the list.  I've =
>> copied W1AW on 1.8 MHZ many times, not very loud, of course, and maybe =
>> once nearly a Q5 copy but W1AW, when transmitting late into the evening, =
>> is often over S9 on 17 meters.  So, when you think the band is closed, =
>> call CQ anyway.
>>
>> Phil.
>> K0NX
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