21-12-2019, 08:47 PM
Hi Wayne
I'd say that you were too far north. The 2m WSPR map shows no paths to VK4FP, who I think you are near.
The more northerly paths to Bris area were Tropo as I am aware, and the Es or E extended paths were down south of Sydney into VK3 and VK5 etc but was only present for an hour.
When it comes to 144 MHz, I know that those using WSPR, if able to, are eager to call on SSB voice or other digital mode (FT8 usually) when they get an indication on WSPR that the band is open somewhere, esp on Sporadic E.
On 6m WSPR, the band is open so often currently, that I would say most people have no need to be calling on voice, but they would be monitoring the propagation to see if it ends up somewhere rarer such as USA, EU and then calling on voice or FT8 depending on signals.
Also on 6m many stations seem to use FT8 a lot, and rarely call on voice, though it probably depends on signal strengths too I would guess.
I'd say that you were too far north. The 2m WSPR map shows no paths to VK4FP, who I think you are near.
The more northerly paths to Bris area were Tropo as I am aware, and the Es or E extended paths were down south of Sydney into VK3 and VK5 etc but was only present for an hour.
When it comes to 144 MHz, I know that those using WSPR, if able to, are eager to call on SSB voice or other digital mode (FT8 usually) when they get an indication on WSPR that the band is open somewhere, esp on Sporadic E.
On 6m WSPR, the band is open so often currently, that I would say most people have no need to be calling on voice, but they would be monitoring the propagation to see if it ends up somewhere rarer such as USA, EU and then calling on voice or FT8 depending on signals.
Also on 6m many stations seem to use FT8 a lot, and rarely call on voice, though it probably depends on signal strengths too I would guess.