I need Africa ssb phone

[mr10pt]

General class license using a 991A and Carolina Windom (sp) antenna at 35' straight line barefoot at 100 watts. The wire runs N/S, and I'm in the Chicago area on Central Time Zone. What time and band is best to make contacts to the continent?

 

[K4EET]

VOACAP is your friend:

VOACAP Online for Ham Radio

 

[mr10pt]

Link received, don't understand the map though and never heard/seen it. Thanks for sharing.
Is the green line the good zone?

 

[KJ4DHF]

I would start looking around sunrise 20-10 meters.

 

[K4EET]

Link received, don't understand the map though and never heard/seen it. Thanks for sharing.

Did you fill in all of the information such as power, antennas, grid squares, etc.?

 

[K4EET]

General class license using a 991A and Carolina Windom (sp) antenna at 35' straight line barefoot at 100 watts. The wire runs N/S, and I'm in the Chicago area on Central Time Zone. What time and band is best to make contacts to the continent?

What grid square are you in?

 

[mr10pt]

Negative sir. This is something I can play with. I hope your response helps others like me. I'll be inputing the parameters, however, preparing for a Purdue home football game tomorrow.

 

[mr10pt]

EN6gi

 

[mr10pt]

I would start looking around sunrise 20-10 meters.

View attachment 190763

Another tool, Thanks

 

[KJ4DHF]

That was a quick layout on VOCAP for you.

 

[K4EET]

Here is the manual for VOACAP:

https://www.voacap.com/2023/documents/VOACAP_Manual.pdf

 

[KJ4DHF]

Are you looking for anything in particular for Africa or you just trying to make a contact with Africa to confirm the continent.

 

[mr10pt]

Thank you, I'll read up

 

[mr10pt]

Are you looking for anything in particular for Africa or you just trying to make a contact with Africa to confirm the continent.

Just the continent confirmation

 

[KJ4DHF]

Keep in mind that Canary Is,Ceuta & Melilla ,St Helena,Ascension Is and several others count as Africa.

 

[UTE-GE]

Are you associated with the Des Moines school board? 😁