What can you pick from these frequencies? I do not mind no answers if question is incriminating..although I don't find it as one. Where can you pick morse codes? (again if you do not mind)
2 meter/70 cm
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emd001
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2m/70cm is mainly voice (only cw ive ever heard on 2m/70cm was id from a repeater). I know APRS is in 2m along with some digital modes, people use digipeaters and what not. you want CW its gonna be in the hf bands.
N4JKD
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You can do CW on 2 meters. 144.010 is the EME or "moonbounce" frequency for this, but like mentioned, APRS & voice are primary uses for 2 meters. 70 cm is voice only as far as I know, because 70 cm is primarily a government/military band and hams have secondary permissions.
In fact, I heard recently that the government is wanting to sell some of the Ham portion of the band for business and reband the hams portion.
In fact, I heard recently that the government is wanting to sell some of the Ham portion of the band for business and reband the hams portion.
Not a lot of CW (morse code) upstairs but it is there. 2M and 70CM have many different modes and they are segmented to portions of the band. If you want to root around to see what is there, this will give you some direction.
http://www.arrl.org/band-plan-1
http://www.arrl.org/band-plan-1
AMSAT and other satellites carrying amateur radio transponders. No biggie... just lets you work huge chunks of geography from space via 70cm/2M.
KC9AXZ
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You can occasionally find CW in 2M just below 144.200 USB. It is probably not going to be heard often but during scheduled contest you will hear some. You could also look below 50.125 USB on the 6M band. Of course again you won't hear much unless the bands are open. In FM mode you will only hear CW from repeaters ID unless people are doing code practice nets through a repeater.
What do you want to listen to?
The 20 meters is the band that usually promotes a good general long distance DX signal.
The 2 Meters band is around 145 mhz - kind of like your television - It's closer to channel 7 then it is to 6, since the differential between the two is very large.
Channel 6 is 82-88 Mhz and channel 7 is 174-180 mhz...
Why do you want to listen to Morse Code?
Morse code is practically dead - not many people uses it anymore - except maybe for practice or if you wanted to transmit in a noisy environment - lots of atmospheric noise, because it is easier to decipher a bunch of clicks then to hear someones voice reliable.
The CW - Morse Code is not a part of any of the tests anymore to acquire any of the ham band licenses.
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If you check the OP you'll see that they're from Canada. CW is still a part of their license structure Getting Started "The holder of a Canadian Basic Qualification (which requires no Morse Code examination) receives all amateur radio privileges above 30 MHz, except high power transmitter operation." ... "With the Morse Code Qualification added to your Basic Qualification, you receive all privileges on all the Amateur Radio bands below 30 MHz, except high power transmitter operation."
K3DRQ
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I hope that was a joke. Do you even have an HF radio? There are hundreds of us, two major clubs with memberships in the thousands, we have contests all the time, even the ARRL still has CW contests. CW frequencies are always busy, all the time, all around the country and world. I don't know what world you're in, unless you don't have an HF radio.
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N4JKD
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I don't know CW, but it is relaxing to listen to them
Well put. For many hams it is relaxing. Nothing needed to decode it but your noggin. Can't say that for any other digital mode. I love digital modes but I love CW even more. CW is an art form, like reading music or signing for the hearing impaired.
CW dead? Not by a long shot!
CW dead? Not by a long shot!
ka5lqj
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C.W. dead? Nah, don't believe that meadow muffin...LOL!
Now that Morse is not a requirement, there are a lot of no-coders & slo-coders that have taken it up. Sure, there's NOT a lot of c.w. on
2 meters, but some clubs have taken to doing code over their FM
repeater to give folks a chance to practice deciphering it.
Below 144.200mcs, there is a cw portion that also allows ssb and digital
signals, which are also ssb. PSK-64 is a single-sideband signal, digitized
then transmitted at 64 cycles per second, so it sounds like someone that
is dragging their fingernails across a chalk board in short burst. :twisted:
I'm sure there is someone out there that would operate code, once they
found a cw partner on a simplex channel. Even cw simplex nets could be
set-up using an omni-directional, horizontal (Halo) antenna.
C.W.'s not dead, it's just getting stronger, LOL!
GOD BLESS,
73,
"Buck"/KA5LQJ
Now that Morse is not a requirement, there are a lot of no-coders & slo-coders that have taken it up. Sure, there's NOT a lot of c.w. on
2 meters, but some clubs have taken to doing code over their FM
repeater to give folks a chance to practice deciphering it.
Below 144.200mcs, there is a cw portion that also allows ssb and digital
signals, which are also ssb. PSK-64 is a single-sideband signal, digitized
then transmitted at 64 cycles per second, so it sounds like someone that
is dragging their fingernails across a chalk board in short burst. :twisted:
I'm sure there is someone out there that would operate code, once they
found a cw partner on a simplex channel. Even cw simplex nets could be
set-up using an omni-directional, horizontal (Halo) antenna.
C.W.'s not dead, it's just getting stronger, LOL!
GOD BLESS,
73,
"Buck"/KA5LQJ
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