Reception Testing w/e 1st /2nd/ Sept 2012

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This coming weekend there will be a lot of amateur radio traffic to listen out for around the UK. This will be a good opportunity to check out station reception capability on both HF and to some extent VHF bands.

The reason for the incresed activity is the annual ( international ) SSB ( Voice) field day, in which stations are set up in the field to transmit and receive both locally and worldwide over an entire 24hr period, and secondly a shorter competition on VHF ( 144Mhz band) again for portable stations.

Details:

SSB Field day 1st and 2nd Sept 13.00 to 1300h Bands: 3.5, 7, 14, 21, 28MHz
http://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2012/rssbfd.shtml
COMMENT: 28 Mhz band is very close to the UK CB Band, the 3.5 and 7 MHz bands are the ones that we are looking at for NVIS comms, so all three are worth monitoring. By recording the Locator reference that is given by stations heard, these can be converted to grid references later and plotted on a map.

VHF (2m) Backpackers competition
2nd September
http://www.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/contest_ru...kpack5&seq=
COMMENT:Almost all traffic will be SSB, around 144.2++ Mhz. A while ago there was a move to use FM as well so as to include people who only possessed hand held equipment. It may be worth monitoring around 145.500 for any such activity