Inland Northwest Near Vertical Incidence Skywave
This site is meant to be a nexus for ham radio high frequency (HF) digital mode operators who are within Near Vertical Incidence Skywave range (100 miles) of the Coeur d’Alene/ Spokane area and whom are interested in fomenting and practicing the following:
- nvis skills and techniques pertaining to nvis operation
- nvis antenna construction, installation and testing
- digital modes (winlink, js8call, fsq, etc.)
- nvis propagation path testing
- QRP/mobile/low power consumption
- creation of local/regional nvis hf digital modes operator network
The goal of this site is to promote nvis digital communication networking for the inland northwest in hopes of creating a network of like minded and skillful nvis station operators who, by virtue of their interest in the topic, skill, equipment, and varied location within the inland empire, naturally create a robust alternative to local communications.
This goal will be achieved by the continuous use and experimentation of ever-changing local propagation pathways. It is similar to DXing except that instead of the objective being how far away your signal can be heard by random contacts once in a while the objective is how consistently you can maintain comms with specific contacts on a regular basis regardless of time, propagation, noise, etc. An additional benefit is that the qso’s made are made with hams that live close to you, therefore facilitating a more active relationship between local hams.
Some examples of activities are:
- skeds
- ragchews
- games (chess etc)
- nets
- antenna testing
- systems testing
The specific regional knowledge gained by amateur local operators experimenting with nvis in the defined area of the inland northwest could be directly applied in case of an EmComm incident whether interacting with/for ares, races, or members of the local/regional community.
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If you would like to join our email list to be able to participate in future DIGITAL NVIS events, skeds, and more please fill out the form below. (PLEASE NOTE, due to the specific local/regional nature of inlandnvis, you MUST have a general or amateur extra license and your callsign MUST be associated with an address within a 100 mile radius of where highway 90 crosses the Idaho/Washington state line.)
