SWL on 30m…

August 10, 2008 | Amateur Radio | By: Mark VandeWettering

I was monitoring the 30m PSK31 subband this evening, and it seemed to be fairly quiet and also picking up some pretty good DX. I heard WP3UX and WP4U chatting with ZL4AS. The first two stations are in Puerto Rico, about 3600 miles away, and the ZL is about 7000 miles away. I think that might be the furthest signal I’ve picked up via PSK31. I guess my pitiful antenna isn’t entirely pitiful. Still, neither of them could apparently hear me, so I’m not getting out all that well. Still, it’s fun. One of the Puerto Ricans managed to get F5TA as well, but I couldn’t hear any of him.

Oh well, that’s about it for the night. Back to some late night Olympic coverage, then bed.