21-12-2021, 04:09 PM
This is excellent work Peter especially for us that are always working and cannot find the time to research it all. I have not had much luck with any of the weak signal modes here due to ongoing power line noise issues. It would be good if all of us could work out what frequencies we should be using in Australia and recommended timing as there are clashes with other modes on or near the same 50.276 frequency. I have been hearing Local JT65A and Q65A signals and sometimes stations are overlapped or transmitting on top of each other, or using different timing. I would also like to see the 50.320 beacon in Adelaide moved as it causes keying interference here on 313 and also FT4 cannot be used. I have noticed in the past week that FT8 is slow with contacts when there is fading, and often I have not completed contacts. Some of these signals are strong enough for SSB and you could get a contact through in a fraction of the time. On 2M I think that we should be all running FT8 and forget the beacons. Maybe sticking to the recommended IARU frequencies in WSJT for our region would be good, and forget the outdated WIA bandplan.
Cheers Mark VK5LO
Cheers Mark VK5LO