[KB6NU] 8-meter band?? Who knew?
KB6NU's Ham Radio Blog /////////////////////////////////////////// 8-meter band?? Who knew? Posted: 12 Aug 2020 12:48 PM PDT http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kb6nu...m_medium=email S50B and EI4GNB logged the first 40-meter QSO between Ireland and Slovenia. One of the things that I enjoy about doing the ICQ podcast is that I always seem to learn something new. What I learned today, is that some amateurs in IARU Region 1 have access to the 8-meter band. 8 meters?? Apparently, amateurs in Lithuania, Slovenia, Ireland, Denmark, and South Africa now have privileges in the 8-meter amateur radio band, which spans 40.66–40.7Â*MHz. EI7GL has blogged fairly extensively about operations in the 8-meter band, including: First contact on 40 MHz between Ireland & Slovenia 15th June 2020 First contact on 40 MHz between Lithuania & Slovenia 13th June 2020 40 MHz activity report 18th May 2020 Reception reports of the EI1KNH 40 MHz beacon 17th May 2020 One of the questions I had was what equipment is available for 8 meters. The answer is that EI4GNB is using a modified Icom IC-7100 and a 2-element quad antenna. I wonder if anyone here in the U.S. has tried to hear these stations. I would think that when 6 meters is open to Europe, some of the beacons, at least, would be audible. The post 8-meter band?? Who knew? appeared first on KB6NUs Ham Radio Blog. |
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