11 Meters is Awfully Quiet Today!

[Unit 194]

I cant even find the noise floor here in Colorado. What the hell? I thought my antenna broke off.

It was so quiet I thought there was something wrong with my radio.

 

[Mustang 131]

Same out here in caly

Skip got active around 8 in socal. Evergreen, Idaho and Oregon on 6 with 30+. Was still hopping at 11 when I shut down.

 

[wavrider]

HF Propagation Numbers and HF Beacon Tracking Programs

A "how to" on reading and understanding solar reports.

 

[Atlasta]

I might be in the minority here but I'm really enjoying the quietude. It's making local daytime communication possible.

And I am rather enjoying the fact that despite all the power, all the beams and everything else that the big boys have, mother nature has decided that they just aren't gonna talk for a while.

That said, it does pick up a bit around sundown but other than that it's dead quiet.

 

[Unit 194]

I might be in the minority here but I'm really enjoying the quietude. It's making local daytime communication possible.

Which is great as long as you still have local stations to communicate with. It seems my locals are becoming a dying breed in my neck of the woods.

 

[357magnum]

This AM @ 05:30 hrs I heard my police scanner picking up DX so I let the dog out turned on the radio an made contacts in Fla. an Tenn. on 38 LSB an made on contact on the Super Bowl with Tenn. , the usual Jabber Jaws were not awake yet ! Bing Bang Boom an I'm Back Quiet !lol

 

[tshows]

I heard Florida. New York, Missouri, etc. yesterday morning, but no one was able to hear me. Oh well, at least it wasn't quite. Hopefully July will be a better month than June.

 

[sdmahr]

Sunday night after sun-down it opened up here as I was hearing folks from all over. Strange.

 

[222DBFL]

It comes and goes, got some yesterday and then this morning was decent, all eastern states from FL to NY and west to MI. It started early!! Not sure what things are like right now as I am trouble shooting a sprint cell site. Can't get on the radio as we are very close to some main power lines. But anyway this morning was fun!!

 

[IMD262]

Sunday night after sun-down it opened up here as I was hearing folks from all over. Strange.

Strange??? No, typical conditions for this time of year.

 

[Once Bitten]

trouble shooting a sprint cell site.

No need to troubleshoot. I found the problem.

 

[Shockwave]

Dare I say that solar cycle 24 is winding down? This is not just a transition into summertime sporadic E propagation. This is a steady decline in solar activity that is decreasing even more rapidly than the predictions indicate. I've noticed a consistent trend in the forecasts where the solar activity is lower than forecasted and is requiring regular updates to reflect the lower numbers as they happen. We are approaching the point in the solar cycle where years will pass without any good DX propagation on this band.

 

[ExitThirteen]

I hope you're right, Shockwave... I'm really anxious for this skip cycle to be over so I can do the SSB nets and chat locally in peace!!


~Cheers~

 

[Shockwave]

Personally I wish it would last but Mother Nature is an equal opportunity player here. You'll get several years of the peaceful SSB nets you like and then the skywave will return once again.

 

[Thumper76]

Just my luck, I guess. I was recently bitten by the skip-bug over the last several months only to have the solar cycle poo-poo all over my DX parade. Oh well, been looking for a new mobile rig and have been wanting to get into SSB anyway.