5mhz NOV thingy

[Adriano9966]

I applied for this NOV this morning it only takes 2 minutes to apply from the RSGB website .

Among the more interesting facets there is a frequency dedicated to AM usage
and talking to military personel is permitted apparently according to note 5 (f) Communication may also be established with military or military cadet organisations by transmitting and receiving in the 5MHz band

obviously its a waste of time putting out a few calls right now but I might give it a go tonight

[EMarkM]

Ooh, my Icom's got the five megs mod, but I haven't applied yet. Thanks for the reminder!

[26TM944]

5Mhz is busy most of the day off and on, slot 10 and 11 seem the best for CQs and you are right there is an AM net most afternoons from about 14:00 on one of the slots.

Mainly NVIS by day so good inter G stuff. DX at night is superb.

73 Steve

[Jon_D]

5 Mhz is a superb band. Most Army regimental frequencies were / are on this band. I mentioned on a other thread in this forum that once my patrol caused QRM to an Artillery net which was on the Salisbury Plain. Rather surprising as we were in the middle of the Malayan jungle at the time (June 1957) and running 2 watts CW from a WS52. The antenna was a bit of wire thrown into a tree. Darwin Air radio was also on 5Mhz using AM, and we often had chats (totally illegal of course) with them and their aircraft when things were quiet; generally at night.