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(27 June 2013, 08:03)BeardyMan Wrote: Just need NVIS set up now, but that stuff called money keeps getting in the way...

Hi BM
Tarrel's advice on antennas is spot on.

Daylight NVIS is generally recommended on the 7MHz band and night time on 3.5Mhz band.

There was a plan for the Ham members on this forum to start NVIS transmissions and to then give a report back on what techniques and frequencies have been found to be most effective. I will re-launch that idea in a short while. The idea is to give best advice on what systems are viable in real world conditions.

Interestingly, over the last month or so propagation in UK has supported very short range (NVIS?) communications UK wide on the 14Mhz band. On several occasions this has also happened on the CB band as well.