{"id":28793,"date":"2017-10-17T06:25:25","date_gmt":"2017-10-17T10:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=28793"},"modified":"2017-10-17T06:25:25","modified_gmt":"2017-10-17T10:25:25","slug":"mark-your-calendars-global-hf-pirate-weekend-november-3-5-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/mark-your-calendars-global-hf-pirate-weekend-november-3-5-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Your Calendars: Global HF Pirate Weekend, November 3-5, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Source: Andrew Yoder)<\/p>\n

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Next Global HF Weekend: November 3-5, 2017<\/h3>\n

It’s still a couple weeks away, so be sure to mark the next Global HF Pirate Weekend on your calendar.<\/p>\n

The idea behind the Global HF Weekends are to promote friendship through radio around the world. The hope is that listeners will be able to hear different stations and for broadcasters to reach distant locations. Anyone may participate. I’ve already heard from a few stations who plan to broadcast and I’ve been in contact with a number of listeners.<\/p>\n

The last one, which occurred during the first weekend of April, resulted in some success with intercontinental broadcasting. Four North American pirates all operated around 0600 UTC between 6920 and 6950 kHz and were heard in New Zealand. A South American station ran 24\/7 tests on 6930 kHz across Global HF Weekend and was reported in Germany, Maryland and Pennsylvania, and South America with only 10 watts. One Dutch station was logged in Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Michigan, Kentucky, New York, Maryland, and Virginia. Other stations were active specifically for the weekend, but just for a local or regional audience.<\/p>\n

We’ll see how many stations show up during the next weekend. It seems unlikely that stations will be using 13 meters this time and much more likely that stations will be trying the 6900-kHz range and possibly 31 and 25 meters.<\/p>\n

November 3-5, 2017
\nMaybe 15010-15090 kHz, probably 6200-6400 kHz and 6800-6990 kHz<\/p>\n

Of course, these were general frequency ranges used by pirates during prior Global HF Pirate weekends. Some stations will surely operate on frequencies and times outside of these ranges. In fact, the way conditions have been lately, frequencies at or below 15 MHz seem like they will be more effective for intercontinental broadcasting. These will be updated on the Hobby Broadcasting (http:\/\/hobbybroadcasting.blogspot.com\/<\/a>) blog as it happens and also check the loggings on HF Underground (https:\/\/www.hfunderground.com\/<\/a>).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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