Listening Schedule

To help co-ordinate our activities, particularly with low-band operation, we have prepared a listening schedule which provides an indication only of how we best utilise our four MF/HF stations for the difficult European and East-coast American paths. Naturally it is subject to the vagarities of prevailing propagation.

As you can see, up to nine bands are open during 0700 - 1400. It will be quite a juggling act but we will endeavour to provide a fair balance for all areas.

Station 1

Station 2

Station 3

Station 4

UTC	# bands open	160m	80m	40m	30m	20m	17m	15m	12m	10m
00	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	NA	NA
01	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	NA	NA	NA
02	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	NA	NA	NA
03	4	-	-	-	-	-	NA	NA	NA	NA
04	5	-	-	-	-	SA Note 8	NA	NA	NA	NA
05	5	-	-	-	NA SA	NA SA	NA	AF NA	NA	-
06	6	-	-	NA SA	NA SA	NA SA	NA	AF NA	AF NA	-
07	9	NA SA	NA SA	NA SA	NA SA	NA SA	NA	AF EU NA	AF NA	AF
08	8	NA SA	NA SA	NA SA	NA SA	NA SA	AF EU NA	AF EU NA	AF	-
09	8	NA SA	NA SA	NA SA	NA SA	NA SA	AF EU NA	AF EU	EU	-
10	8	NA SA	NA SA	NA SA	NA SA	NA SA	EU	EU	EU	Note 1
11	9	NA Note 9	NA Note 9	NA SA Note 9	NA SA	NA SA	EU NA	EU	EU	EU
12	9	NA Note 9	NA Note 9	NA SA Note 9	NA SA	AF NA SA	EU NA	EU NA	EU	EU
13	9	NA Note 9	NA Note 9	NA SA Note 9	NA	AF EU NA SA	AF EU NA	AF EU	EU	EU
14	6	-	-	AF NA SA	AF EU	AF EU NA SA	AF EU NA	AF EU NA	EU	Note 1
15	7	AF	AF	AF EU	AF EU	AF EU NA	AF EU NA	EU	-	-
16	7	AF EU	AF EU	AF EU	AF EU	AF EU	AF EU NA	EU	-	-
17	6	AF EU	AF EU	AF EU	AF EU	AF EU	AF	-	-	-
18	6	AF EU	AF EU	AF EU	AF EU	AF EU	AF	-	-	-
19	7	AF EU	AF EU	AF EU	AF EU	AF EU	AF	NA	-	-
20	7	Note 4	Note 4	AF EU	AF EU	AF EU	AF SA	NA	NA	NA
21	6	-	-	-	AF Note 3	AF Note 3	AF EU SA	NA SA	NA SA	NA
22	4	-	-	-	-	AF Note 3	Note 2	AF SA	AF NA SA	NA SA
23	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	AF SA	AF NA	AF NA SA

Hrs Open EU	4	5	5	5	4.5	4.5	5	5	3
Hrs Open NA	4	4	5	3	4.5	4.5	7	8	8

Note	Comments
1	If the European opening starts earlier or ends later, we will come to this band from a lower band that has more European QSOs.
2	If Europe hangs in later on 17M, we will keep a 4th radio here.
3	If Europe hangs in later, we will stay here and sacrifice NA time on 15/12/10M.
4	If Europe hangs in later, we will stay here and sacrifice NA time on 15 & 30M.
5	Asia/JA is expected to be workable when Europe is open. We will balance the volume of Asia and Europe QSOs on each band.
6	South America is generally workable when North America is open. We will accept South American callers during the North American openings due to the lower number of South American stations.
7	Africa is generally workable when Europe is open. We will accept African callers during the European openings due to the lower number of African stations.
8	If 20M opens to NA before 0500Z, we will move from 10M.
9	This station will work 160/80/40M to balance the North American QSO totals & take advantage of sunrise openings.
10	VK/ZL/Oceania is expected to be workable most of the time on most bands and does not suffer the smaller windows of opportunity that must be exploited for EU & NA. We will still be looking for you!