Nah ! Tim, don't be so hard on yerself ! Holy pooper scoopers, ya gotta defend
ya territory, and ya gotta tell 'em like it is. Surely I don't have to remind my
cousins in the New World about them critters and varmints who drive big wheels
in the US of A, who took over 10 metres so that there's more 'o them darned
illegals than there are of genuine brass pounders.!

I also saw a list of frequencies issued by the E4X crowd and on it was 18.100 as
the operating frequency. Once again everybody with half a brain knows that
18.100 is used by PSK operators. A few days ago this frequency was brimming over
with RTTY chirpings, it sounded like wombats high on speed. Well, they've gone
now, and so have the good conditions, and, all the DX. Anybody here collect
stamps ?

Regards,  Mel G0GQK

It good that these types questions are asked as it make people think.

PhilW de KA1GMN

On Sun, 2010-06-06 at 08:08 -0400, Tim Browning wrote:
>
> Holly Crap……. I never realized by asking a question it could turn into
> this kind of responding and discussion.  Next time, I’m gonna keep
> myself in the dark and not ask…. HI  HI.
>
>
>
> 73 and Thanks all,
>
> Tim (KB3NPH)
>
>
>
>
>

Hello OM's,

Sorry for the inconveniency but the link is not accessible because a connection problem with my provider.

We have an intervention on Wednesday June 9th 2010 in the afternoon........

Receiver will be online ASAP.

http://on7kei.no-ip.info:8080/Receiver.html =  offline  :-(

Here is an article featured on Yahoo today where they are talking about the
increasing sunspot cycle.  Soem of it sounds dooms day stuff!!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20100609/sc_space/moreactivesunmeansnastysolarstor\
msahead

Hopefully it gives us all better communication.  I cant wait

NASA keeps giving these handouts to the press, and the newspapers grab them with
both hands because its another doomsday story. Meanwhile, we all sit around in
our shacks twiddling our thumbs, (do people actually do that I wonder) waiting
for the flamin' thing to liven itself up and get ionizing !

Mel G0GQK

I don't sit around twiddling my thumbs, but rather my dials. Not that
there's much difference when propagation's dead.

That said, on 30m in the last few days I've worked a few new ones: FO8RZ
and KP2M on CW, and just now HI7/DM1DZ on PSK, so the DX is still there
if you want to wait around for it.

73,

Sean - VA5LF

On 10/06/2010 1:12 PM, raf3151019 wrote:
>
>
> NASA keeps giving these handouts to the press, and the newspapers grab
> them with both hands because its another doomsday story. Meanwhile, we
> all sit around in our shacks twiddling our thumbs, (do people actually
> do that I wonder) waiting for the flamin' thing to liven itself up and
> get ionizing !
>
> Mel G0GQK
>

--- In 30MDG@yahoogroups.com, "raf3151019" <Gzerogqk@...> wrote:
>
> NASA keeps giving these handouts to the press, and the newspapers grab them
with both hands because its another doomsday story. Meanwhile, we all sit around
in our shacks twiddling our thumbs, (do people actually do that I wonder)
waiting for the flamin' thing to liven itself up and get ionizing !
>
> Mel G0GQK
>

I posted the following on QRZ.com a couple of days ago:

1.)The odds that a solar flare produced coronal mass ejection striking Earth's
magnetosphere and creating catastrophic damage to our electric/electronic
infrastructure is very remote.

Much like a large asteroid impact it's just more B.S. to scare the
scientifically dumbed down general public.

2.) I discussed the X34 (actually X45) class solar flare on my web page NZ4O 160
Meter Radiowave Propagation Theory Notes at http://www.wcflunatall.com/nz4o5.htm
under paragraph #16. My close examination of the solar flare got it's magnitude
bumped up to X45.

3.) That solar flare was not geoeffective (Earth facing) so "most" all of it's
harmful effects missed Earth. Here is a video of the solar flare event
http://www.wcflunatall.com/x28superflare031104.gif .

I'm familiar with the 1859 event and of course the March 1989 event. During the
1989 event I saw visible aurora here in central Florida.

3.) Yes something is going to happen on 12/21/2012. The Earth will continue to
spin on it's 23.5 degree axis as it travels around the Sun as the Sun rockets
through the Orion Arm of the Milky Way galaxy as the Milky Way travels through
the Universe with the other local galaxies.

All of the end of the world nonsense is just that nonsense.

73 & GUD DX,
Thomas F. Giella, NZ4O
Lakeland, FL, USA

2010 NZ4O Daily Solar Space Weather And Geomagnetic Data Archive:
http://www.solarcycle24.org

Equipment
HP G70 Notebook
ICOM 718
West Mountain Nomic
R1 is 680 ohms

I was operating a ICOM 728 for many years and spoken to many of you on it both 
PSK and CW.  However, I noticed that lately although it was sending fine, the
receiving was getting weaker until it failed.   In fact I received emails from
you why I did not answer your PSK reply.  I did not see you on waterfall,  My
new rig is working fine except I am not transmitting.  I have used DM780.  My
old "broken" rig still sends on PSK, etc.  But the new one will not go from
receive to transmit.  I am able to transmit on SSB so that is not the problem. 
My Nomic is working on the old rig with same computer settings.  I have the
sending levels at maximum (which may be the problem).  I spoke to the great guys
at West Mountain and they suggested trying to bypass R1 which I did to no avail.
Any suggestions?

Hope I can solve with your help.  73 Bob

Also had to ground R1.  See you between CW.  Bob

Any group member have any 30 meter PSK or other digital mode contacts to report?

Or does anyone has any comments about the propagation paths in your area of the
World for the last few weeks on the 30 meter band?
(openings, path changes, activity, DX best times, modes, antennas, etc)

Or report 30m digital spots here:
http://www.hamspots.net/30/
(thanks Laurie VK3AMA)
http://pskreporter.info/pskmap.html

Also remember thanks to a few members here we have live 30 Meter PSK Online
Receivers so check out what is happening in other parts of the World on 30
Meters:

http://aprs.pa3gwh.com/PskRcvR12/Applet/Receiver.html
Voorburg JO22EB Netherlands, Thanks Richard PA3GWH

http://on7kei.no-ip.info:8080/Receiver.html
Peer Belgium JO21re, Thanks Eddy ON7KEI

http://ve1cdd.ham-radio-op.net/
Halifax, NS Canada FN84ds, Thanks John VE1CDD

(we have 2 online PSK receivers in EU and 1 in NA, anyone else wanting to setup
a 30 meter PSK receiver please email kb9umt AT arrl.net )

Thanks

de kb9umt Don 30MDG#0001
EN50dp - Moderator

I really appreciate the assistance you receive from West Mountain Radio.  Also
starting to get used to my new rig, IC718.  Quite a difference from IC-728. 
Worked TN, Porto Rico, Moscow and Netherlands yesterday.  My old rig transmitted
well but I could not see your signals very well.  Must have been a bit of a
pain.  See you soon.  Bob

Hello, I will be away for a few days, so please be aware there will be a
delay on me sending out any awards after tonight until next weekend
19.6.2010.
73
Barry M0IOW 30MDG#013

I have started using PA30EPC on june 2nd and will hold the call until the 29th
and all I can say is : 30 meters is buzzing. Conditions have not been good, but
did manage to squeeze in CX4ACH and N4EPC this weekend, making up for a total of
200(!) qso's in just 11 days!! (I was off for fieldday during the first weekend
of activation and was only active during the evening).

The grand total for all PA30EPC qso's is now at 850+ and most of those contacts
were made on 30! So thanks for all those I have in the log already.

73 de Richard PA3GWH/PA30EPC

--- In 30MDG@yahoogroups.com, 30MDG@yahoogroups.com wrote:
>
>
> Any group member have any 30 meter PSK or other digital mode contacts to
report?
>
> Or does anyone has any comments about the propagation paths in your area of
the World for the last few weeks on the 30 meter band?
> (openings, path changes, activity, DX best times, modes, antennas, etc)
>
> Or report 30m digital spots here:
> http://www.hamspots.net/30/
> (thanks Laurie VK3AMA)
> http://pskreporter.info/pskmap.html
>
> Also remember thanks to a few members here we have live 30 Meter PSK Online
Receivers so check out what is happening in other parts of the World on 30
Meters:
>
> http://aprs.pa3gwh.com/PskRcvR12/Applet/Receiver.html
> Voorburg JO22EB Netherlands, Thanks Richard PA3GWH
>
> http://on7kei.no-ip.info:8080/Receiver.html
> Peer Belgium JO21re, Thanks Eddy ON7KEI
>
> http://ve1cdd.ham-radio-op.net/
> Halifax, NS Canada FN84ds, Thanks John VE1CDD
>
> (we have 2 online PSK receivers in EU and 1 in NA, anyone else wanting to
setup a 30 meter PSK receiver please email kb9umt AT arrl.net )
>
> Thanks
>
> de kb9umt Don 30MDG#0001
> EN50dp - Moderator
>

Hi Larry

These Awards will be switched to me while you are on holiday - relax and have a
great time

de Rob  ZL3RG

--- In 30MDG@yahoogroups.com, Larry - NK2X <larrycobb@...> wrote:
>
> I will be away from my home on holiday from Thursday, 17 June, through
> Thursday, 1 July.
>
> During this time I will have limited access to the Internet and may not
> be able to process award applications.  Please be patient and I will do
> my best to have them all completed within a day of my return.
>
> Thanks es 73 de Larry NK2X
>

Adding to Thomas's comments of a few days ago about the unlikely chance of solar
activity affecting the Earth and the "Doomsday" phenomena initiated by the
world's press, there was an article in the British Daily Telegraph today.

Dr.Richard Fisher of NASA suggested to the readers of the Daily Telegraph that
when the Sun does eventually wake from its long slumber around 2013, the earth
will be struck by unprecedented levels of magnetic energy from the solar flres
which will be activated.

Satellite navigation in cars, i pods, computers,hospital equipment, banking
systems, even air traffic control, and Uncle Tom Cobley and all, will be
affected.

So, is this a slight suggestion from NASA that we now have to wait a further two
and a half years before the Sun livens up and gets the ionosphere into a
satisfactory working condition so that we can talk for a few hours between the
UK and west coast USA ?

Hi Don,
during the past week, amongst the about 40 QSOs done on 30m, I would like to
mention the following:

Start date  UTC       TX kHz    Mode    Call      Name      QTH
--------------------  --------  ------  --------  --------  --------------------
07-Jun-2010 21:20:00   10139.3  JT65    TF3HZ
08-Jun-2010 15:41:00   10105.7  CW      CQ0ODX/P
08-Jun-2010 18:55:00   10141.8  BPSK31  J41EPC    DIMITRIS  ATHENS
09-Jun-2010 19:05:00   10142.3  BPSK31  PA30EPC   Richard
09-Jun-2010 19:12:00   10144.9  RTTY    AM5VFU
09-Jun-2010 20:57:00   10117.7  CW      R6AF/P
09-Jun-2010 21:02:00   10116.5  CW      R2SRR               UA3T NIZHNY NOVGOROD
09-Jun-2010 21:09:00   10142.5  BPSK63  LY10EPC   Rimas
10-Jun-2010 20:38:00   10108.7  CW      CQ7OA               Berlengas
10-Jun-2010 21:06:00   10140.5  BPSK31  LU7DSY    Carlos    BAHIA BLANCA BS. AS.
11-Jun-2010 12:55:00   10141.0  BPSK31  OZ0EPC/A
11-Jun-2010 14:39:00   10141.0  BPSK31  MN0EPC    Daithi    Belfast
11-Jun-2010 18:44:00   10141.2  BPSK31  EN1EPC/A  Victor
12-Jun-2010 19:38:00   10118.4  CW      ZA/HA5X
12-Jun-2010 19:41:00   10125.2  CW      ER44WFF
13-Jun-2010 09:22:00   10140.8  BPSK63  TM66SME   Michel    Sainte Mere Eglise
13-Jun-2010 16:29:00   10143.1  OLIVIA  OH3DP     Hannu     Forssa
13-Jun-2010 17:01:00   10141.5  BPSK63  SY1EPC

other modes used were Thor16, Contestia 4/250 and 8/250, MFSK8 and Hell

Conditions were disgusting during daytime, compensated by better dark hours
propagation. Well, could have been worse, similar to other years, so don't let
us moan.
vy73 Fred DL6XAZ #988



--- In 30MDG@yahoogroups.com, 30MDG@yahoogroups.com wrote:
>
>
> Any group member have any 30 meter PSK or other digital mode contacts to
report?
>
------------snip-------------

I figure if the worlds gonna end on a certain day and time, it'll happen in
Australia before it happens in New Orleans and i'll be warned. hi.

Been some decent propagation from time to time so far this summer, along with
high QRN.  Have to take the good with the bad.

..jesse..
WB5NPW

--- In 30MDG@yahoogroups.com, "raf3151019" <Gzerogqk@...> wrote:
>
> Adding to Thomas's comments of a few days ago about the unlikely chance of
solar activity affecting the Earth and the "Doomsday" phenomena initiated by the
world's press, there was an article in the British Daily Telegraph today.
>
> Dr.Richard Fisher of NASA suggested to the readers of the Daily Telegraph that
when the Sun does eventually wake from its long slumber around 2013, the earth
will be struck by unprecedented levels of magnetic energy from the solar flres
which will be activated.
>
> Satellite navigation in cars, i pods, computers,hospital equipment, banking
systems, even air traffic control, and Uncle Tom Cobley and all, will be
affected.
>
> So, is this a slight suggestion from NASA that we now have to wait a further
two and a half years before the Sun livens up and gets the ionosphere into a
satisfactory working condition so that we can talk for a few hours between the
UK and west coast USA ?
>

Hey, hold on a bit Jesse ! Whose mentioned about the world ending on a certain
day ? I hope not, NASA says the peaks gonna be in 2013, and some people have had
a message, so we're told,and they're going to the top of the mountain in 2012. 
Anyway, to put matters right, the Sun hasn't woken up, the numbers are lousy,
and the only band where anyone is trying to contact anybody is 20 metres, and if
you don't pull your finger out sharpish they whizz off into the ether like they
were never there !

Regards,  Mel G0GQK

Having nothing better to do, I was browsing through the Southgate Amateur Radio
club pages and found the Big Dummy's data interface page with details of how to
make your own radio beacon. And bless my soul, if one of the frequencies being
used by the author for his CW beacon was, wait for it, 10.140 Mhz.  How about
that !

Kind regards, Mel G0GQK

Hi Eddy

Good to see the facility you are providing is popular - well done and thank you

de Rob
ZL3RG

--- In 30MDG@yahoogroups.com, Eddy Vaesen <eddy@...> wrote:
>
> Hello To all,
>
> Just to let you know that I received this weekend the *5000th* visitor @ my
> online psk31 receiver!!!
> For the moment the counter is already at 5024 and still counting......
>
> Here are the links to the online receivers:
>
> ON7KEI: http://on7kei.no-ip.info:8080/Receiver.html
> PA3GWH: http://30mdg.pa3gwh.com/
>
> 30MDG website: http://www.30mdg.net/
>
> Regards, 73
> ON7KEI de Eddy
>
> http://www.on7kei.be
>

Any group member have any 30 meter PSK or other digital mode contacts to report?

Or does anyone has any comments about the propagation paths in your area of the
World for the last few weeks on the 30 meter band?
(openings, path changes, activity, DX best times, modes, antennas, etc)

Or report 30m digital spots here:
http://www.hamspots.net/30/
(thanks Laurie VK3AMA)
http://pskreporter.info/pskmap.html

Also remember thanks to a few members here we have live 30 Meter PSK Online
Receivers so check out what is happening in other parts of the World on 30
Meters:

http://aprs.pa3gwh.com/PskRcvR12/Applet/Receiver.html
Voorburg JO22EB Netherlands, Thanks Richard PA3GWH

http://on7kei.no-ip.info:8080/Receiver.html
Peer Belgium JO21re, Thanks Eddy ON7KEI

http://ve1cdd.ham-radio-op.net/
Halifax, NS Canada FN84ds, Thanks John VE1CDD

(we have 2 online PSK receivers in EU and 1 in NA, anyone else wanting to setup
a 30 meter PSK receiver please email kb9umt AT arrl.net )

Thanks

de kb9umt Don 30MDG#0001
EN50dp - Moderator

Hi Don and all,
the conditions here in Northern Europe have been poor to dismal during daytime;
they used to improve by about 1800z allowing for QSOs with JA and other Asian
regions. I did not hear any stateside calls and only faint ones from LU too weak
to work them.
Of the about 50 QSOs during the past 10 days I selected the following ones,
omitting most of the ubiquitous BPSK:

Start date  UTC       TX kHz    Mode      Call        Name        QTH
--------------------  --------  --------  ----------  ---------- 
------------------
19-Jun-2010 17:02:00   10109.7  CW        IB0CW                   Ponza Isl.
19-Jun-2010 19:57:00   10109.7  CW        LY600KM
19-Jun-2010 19:59:00   10107.7  CW        R300P
20-Jun-2010 16:15:00   10108.7  CW        TM8TOC
20-Jun-2010 16:42:00   10143.6  FMHELL    F1ABL       MICHEL      MOLLANS SUR
OUVEZE
20-Jun-2010 19:28:00   10118.8  CW        ZS6X
20-Jun-2010 19:38:00   10142.3  CONTESTI  OE5WRO      Wolfgang    Bad Goisern
21-Jun-2010 06:00:00   10141.8  HELL      SP9DTE      Lukasz      Koniecpol
21-Jun-2010 19:22:00   10142.1  BPSK63    UU2JT       Nickolay    Simferopol
21-Jun-2010 20:01:00   10145.0  ROS       DF5WW       JUERGEN     HASSELBACH
22-Jun-2010 07:43:00   10142.5  CONTESTI  F1FZH       Yves        Argenteuil
22-Jun-2010 08:33:00   10141.2  BPSK31    PB04EPC     Herman      Olst
22-Jun-2010 14:54:00   10140.4  JT65      SO5AS       Steve       Komorow
22-Jun-2010 19:29:00   10143.0  CONTESTI  IZ3NPZ      FERDINANDO  ILLASI
23-Jun-2010 06:06:00   10141.3  BPSK31    OL75PKY     JIRI        BRNO
23-Jun-2010 09:17:00   10143.0  CONTESTI  IZ5MJQ      FILIPPO     55100 S.ANNA
LUCCA
23-Jun-2010 19:17:00   10107.9  CW        LA/OK1AMM
24-Jun-2010 15:16:00   10141.4  THRBX     OE7WXI      WINNI       INNSBRUCK
24-Jun-2010 19:21:00   10142.8  RTTY      IM0/IK1YED
24-Jun-2010 19:27:00   10127.2  CW        LY2J/P
25-Jun-2010 07:01:00   10142.9  RTTY      IW7EFC/7    TIZIANO     WFF IFF322
25-Jun-2010 09:15:00   10142.1  RTTY      HB0/OU4U
25-Jun-2010 19:52:00   10141.0  FSK125    SP9CV       Cezar       Czestochowa
25-Jun-2010 20:13:00   10107.7  CW        CT9/DL1DSN              Markus
25-Jun-2010 20:18:00   10126.8  CW        DF2OU/P
25-Jun-2010 20:24:00   10105.7  CW        TF/G3ZAY/P
26-Jun-2010 15:40:00   10145.0  ROS       G3ZXX       Dave        WINCANTON
26-Jun-2010 20:24:00   10143.5  RTTYM     G0UZP       Paul        Kidsgrove
26-Jun-2010 20:38:00   10114.8  CW        R3/DL5EBE
26-Jun-2010 20:46:00   10139.5  JT65      M3THN

In this context under poor condx the Contestia mode 8/250 has proven to be
extremely reliable under QRM, QRN and QSB, with rare garbage print when signal
levels went down to "below the grass". ROS 16/500 was good, too, but too rare to
give me a trustworthy base for judging its performance.
Since I started calling CQ in Contestia about a couple of months ago, I had
about 10 QSOs with hams who told me that it were their first QSO in this mode.
Certainly this was possible only due to me calling with TX-RSID enabled, and
very gratifying.

vy73 Fred DL6XAZ #988




--- In 30MDG@yahoogroups.com, 30MDG@yahoogroups.com wrote:
>
>
> Any group member have any 30 meter PSK or other digital mode contacts to
report?
>
> Or does anyone has any comments about the propagation paths in your area of
the World for the last few weeks on the 30 meter band?
> (openings, path changes, activity, DX best times, modes, antennas, etc)
>
> Or report 30m digital spots here:
> http://www.hamspots.net/30/
> (thanks Laurie VK3AMA)
> http://pskreporter.info/pskmap.html
>
> Also remember thanks to a few members here we have live 30 Meter PSK Online
Receivers so check out what is happening in other parts of the World on 30
Meters:
>
> http://aprs.pa3gwh.com/PskRcvR12/Applet/Receiver.html
> Voorburg JO22EB Netherlands, Thanks Richard PA3GWH
>
> http://on7kei.no-ip.info:8080/Receiver.html
> Peer Belgium JO21re, Thanks Eddy ON7KEI
>
> http://ve1cdd.ham-radio-op.net/
> Halifax, NS Canada FN84ds, Thanks John VE1CDD
>
> (we have 2 online PSK receivers in EU and 1 in NA, anyone else wanting to
setup a 30 meter PSK receiver please email kb9umt AT arrl.net )
>
> Thanks
>
> de kb9umt Don 30MDG#0001
> EN50dp - Moderator
>

Hello, for me in the Isle of Wight, England band conditions were not good
for the 30MDG Members Weekend :-(
I hope others had better conditions.
73
Barry M0IOW, 30MDG#013