Tune to a beacon frequency. If band conditions are good, you'll hear a number of beacons identifying in Morse and sending four dashes, each at a lower power level. The more beacons you hear, the more open the band is to different parts of the world.
The more dashes you hear per beacon, the better the quality of propagation and the more robust the band opening is. If you hear the 100 milliwatt dashes from many beacons, you know that frequency band is wide open!
In just three minutes per band, you will know how band conditions are worldwide at that very moment. It's interesting to see how propagation varies from hour to hour and day to day -- what beacons you can hear and at what power level. You may find that the band is wide open but few amateur stations are actually on the air.
How Are Band Conditions?
By storing the beacon frequencies in your receiver/transceiver's memory, you can quickly check all five bands to see which band has the best propagation to a particular part of the world.
Which Band Is Best To Reach A Particular Part Of The World?
Instantly See On A World Map Which Beacon You're Hearing
You don't have to copy CW at 22 wpm to identify a beacon. When you hear a beacon, the beacon call letters instantly flashes on a world map to show you its location. You can positively identify each beacon -- even if the signal is weak, and the CW is fluttery or distorted. The world map display also tells you where to point your antenna.
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