General Information
Considerations
[will follow...]
How to find 4W8X on the air?
- In CW and RTTY just check any DX Cluster, preferably those with Skimmer Support. They will know immediately where we transmit.
- In SSB it will be more challenging (see the considerations above). Our best recommendation is using any DX Cluster -
or listening and tuning the bands by hand.
Whenever there is good propagation into USA, we'll consider to settle down somewhere in the General Class portion of the bands.
If you find us on SSB, and we haven't been spotted there on DX Cluster yet, please do so. :-)
In CW and RTTY we will always work SPLIT. Same in SSB, however during very slow periods in the last few days of the operation we may also revert to SIMPLEX operation. When rate is rising, we'll return to SPLIT mode, of course. Just use YOUR common sense, and trust in us that WE know what WE are doing. :-)
- For FT8 we still have to discuss which software/mode we shall use, and what that means to frequency selection.
Basic coordination with other teams seems easier here.
We will update this page on this topic later, but definitely before our operation starts...
(History): 4W1A pre-trip operation April 2023
The pre-trip in April 2023 was not a full-blown DXpedition. We regarded it as a Scouting Trip to prepare for the bigger 4W8X activity coming in November 2023. In April we used only CW, SSB on 40m through 10m and classic RTTY on 20m. We did not use FT8 in the April pre-trip. We tried to be on the air as much as possible, but we also needed time to make local arrangements etc. And sometimes we also had to sleep, as this was be a 100% human operation. ;-)
Bands used by 4W1A in April
| Band | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 160m | |||
| 80m | |||
| 60m | |||
| 40m |  | | |
| 30m | | ||
| 20m | | | |
| 17m | | | |
| 15m | | | |
| 12m | | | |
| 10m | | | |
| 6m |