10m ssb question

[BIONIC_TEXAN88]

I am a new ham tech and just got in an hr2510 I intend to use on 28.3-28.5 ssb dx.

What are the popular channels used? Are they like 11m that have 27.385, 27.395, etc? I mean, do I need to be on like 28.305, 28.315, etc?? Seems like when I was listening I heard folks on 28.400, 28.457, etc. I guess what I am asking is what is the proper protocol to follow??

 

[Chong]

ok

when calling on those freqs you will want to call cq by doing the following "cq cq cq this is your call your call your call calling cq and standing by qrz" i hope this is what you are talking about and i hope that helped 73 - KD8EPC

 

[KI4MSJ]

There is no specific frequencies to call on, except the call frequency, 28.400 usb, then QSY to another frequency. Or, call from any frequency But, remember to ask if the frequency is in use before you transmit. There are alot of 10 meter nets so listen for awhile, then ask if the frequency is in use. Theproper way to check if the frequency is in use is CQ,CQ,CQ. Is this frequency in use?, is this frequency in use?, is this frequency in use? This is........your call then, QRZ'd or standing by.

 

[KI4MSJ]

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[Beetle]

There are no specific "channels" in ham radio, except on 60 meters. You simply find an empty spot within the frequency limits of your license class, listen for a minute, then quickly ask "Is the frequency in use?". Listen for a reply.

If nobody responds, then call CQ. Do not add "QRZ" to the end of a CQ, however. Just end with "This is (your call) standing by".

If someone answers your CQ, but you can't quite copy his call, THEN use QRZ, which by definition means "Who is calling me?"

One more thing: QRZ is pronounced CUE ARE ZED.

 

[SR385]

A tip

You may have to call several times, call CQ and your call nice and easy and clearly, drag it out a bit as people have to spot you and then tune you up.

When someone replies to you...don't tune to them, use your RIT/clarifier until they sound right. They are the ones tuning to you and it can take an exchange or two if they are new, to get you both lined up. If you chase them by tuning to them, your transmit changes too and you can wind up sliding up and down chasing each other.

When responding to another's CQ, zero them in as much as you can with the VFO before you respond. If they sound off, use your VFO to keep tuning to them until they are zeroed.

If you tune TO the person calling CQ, it keeps things nicely stabilized.

 

[BIONIC_TEXAN88]

thanks for all your help. I dont want to sound like a jackass out there!!

I guess related to my 1st question was do the channels jump 10khz per channel, but ya'll answered that question. Well conditions seem to be doing alright so wish me luck.

 

[park]

You really don't even need to say "QRZ", the Q signals were first used in CW so you would not have to send "who is calling me". On SSB why not just say "who is calling me" ? I geuss contesters say QRZ to speed things up but if you are wanting to make contacts ( QSO's ) whats the hurry. 10 meters was working pretty good in Texas yesterday and a Hawaii station was working a pile-up. He answered my call and when we were through a station in Arizona started calling me, he was saying " how bout that texas station, comon ". Anyway that's another topic. But listen before you transmit, even if he could not hear the Hawaii station surely he heard me sign saying both calls ? I had to tell him that it was not my freq. and he did not understand what I was telling him and continuned to call me.

 

[SR385]

Here's a great link I stumbled on today...hits it on the head.

http://www.eham.net/articles/7952

 

[K8PG]

Is this freq in Use???

Hello< You Dont say QRZ an CQ = KB*XXXX.


Listen for a Minute,key your microphone and say Is This Frequency In Use than your call,Thats it,if no answer go and give a CQor whatever.THeir are noset Freq, to use,although
there are some so-calling Freq.for establinhing contact then moving to another Freq.-28.385(QRP calling Freq),28,500
ssb calling freq and 10-10 meeting freq.,otherwise call CQ and have fun-73/GL/DX

DE K8PG Paul CW LIVES-CW IS !!!
(O.O.)

 

[C W Morse]

thanks for all your help. I dont want to sound like a jackass out there!!

I guess related to my 1st question was do the channels jump 10khz per channel, but ya'll answered that question. Well conditions seem to be doing alright so wish me luck.

Like Beetle said, there ARE no specific "channels" in Amateur Radio! An Icom, Kenwood, Yaesu radio has a "VFO"--Variable Frequency Oscillator which allows the radio to tune smoothely from one end to the other of the radio's range (usually). "Channels" are a CB and civilian appliance thing. The
"export" radios have "channels" like a CB because CB itself runs "on the 'fives'"----26.965, 27.185, 27.405 and so on. So the alleged 10 Meter radios are set up to mimic the market for which they were actually intended.

An amateur operator may operate on whatever frequency he dials up (within his privileges) while observing the frequency and seeing that no one is occupying it. This is the mark of a courteous and serious operator!

Another difference in what I call REAL amateur radios
is that CB, commercial and some military sets have pre-programmed 'channels' and amateur sets have "memories" where the amateur himself may select favorite frequencies and put them in these "memories" for quick reference. This keeps a guy from having to furiously spin the VFO knob to move from one frequency to the other. After this is done, I suppose the radios then become "channelized" after a fashion. The "export" radios can't BE set to odd frequencies (without modification) and every "channel' ends in "5". To me, this severely restricts one's flexibility. If you hear a station on 28.400 calling from Buenos Aires, Argentina, YOU are stuck; you might hear him, but he's gonna tell you you're off frequency--if he hears you at all!

I hope this info helps.


es 73

CWM

 

[BIONIC_TEXAN88]

thanks for all your help. I dont want to sound like a jackass out there!!

I guess related to my 1st question was do the channels jump 10khz per channel, but ya'll answered that question. Well conditions seem to be doing alright so wish me luck.

Like Beetle said, there ARE no specific "channels" in Amateur Radio! An Icom, Kenwood, Yaesu radio has a "VFO"--Variable Frequency Oscillator which allows the radio to tune smoothely from one end to the other of the radio's range (usually). "Channels" are a CB and civilian appliance thing. The
"export" radios have "channels" like a CB because CB itself runs "on the 'fives'"----26.965, 27.185, 27.405 and so on. So the alleged 10 Meter radios are set up to mimic the market for which they were actually intended.

An amateur operator may operate on whatever frequency he dials up (within his privileges) while observing the frequency and seeing that no one is occupying it. This is the mark of a courteous and serious operator!

Another difference in what I call REAL amateur radios
is that CB, commercial and some military sets have pre-programmed 'channels' and amateur sets have "memories" where the amateur himself may select favorite frequencies and put them in these "memories" for quick reference. This keeps a guy from having to furiously spin the VFO knob to move from one frequency to the other. After this is done, I suppose the radios then become "channelized" after a fashion. The "export" radios can't BE set to odd frequencies (without modification) and every "channel' ends in "5". To me, this severely restricts one's flexibility. If you hear a station on 28.400 calling from Buenos Aires, Argentina, YOU are stuck; you might hear him, but he's gonna tell you you're off frequency--if he hears you at all!

I hope this info helps.


es 73

CWM

helped a bunch, thanks.

I see the 2510 has channel selector buttons and also a vfo knob. I see why the vfo knob is there. much easier to tune around and find different folks out there that way.

 

[EDUK8TR]

Here's a great link I stumbled on today...hits it on the head.

http://www.eham.net/articles/7952

Great article SR385, thanks for the link.

73's
Wayne C.