2017-02-15
JT65/JT9 on 30 meters, even getting a new US contact 3 years ago
Today I threw out the longwire antenna and tuned it for the 30 meter amateur band (10.100 - 10.150 MHz). I first tried the PSK part of the band but that was completely silent. I tried the JT65/JT9 part, and that part was buzzing. And beeping, and other sounds. I made several contacts in Europe in the morning which was as expected. But in the evening the computer/radio was still running and I noticed some US callsigns, and answered one, and had a JT9 contact with K8SIA. After that it was time to get the longwire antenna back in the house again. All in all another good experience with the 30 meter band.