11 meter is very quiet?

[unit_399]

The past few days we've had heavy skip from mid morning til about 5pm. It gets pretty quiet, and then picks up again about 7pm. Today, I was in the shop most of the day, running dedicated AC lines to my station. So I had the power turned off. About 7pm here (8pm Eastern daylight time - US) I finished up the wiring, and switched on the power. I still had MANY stations from the midwest back to the East coast blasting out of my speaker.
Tomorrow I should have everything in the station ready to go by noon. I hope conditions hold.

- 399

 

[Eldorado828]

Conditions just weren't that great here today. It tried for a few hours then it was gone and I just couldn't break through. We'll see what mañana brings.

 

[Shadetree Mechanic]

I turned my beam due south and heard an operator in Trinidad call CQ and then disappear.

CQ Columbia, CQ Columbia, Delaware Base Station #808 USA, Standing By!

 

[Groundhog KSS-2012]

Was doin pretty good here in South Central Missouri this morning.
I talked 2 a couple different fellas in Kentucky and 3 others in West Virginia.

 

[AmericanEagle575]

Made Contacts this Morning in:
Novia Scotia
Quebec
Brunswick
All Canadian Station's,
Conditions were pretty good early this morning and then died off up here in Central Pennsylvania!!
73's

 

[Eldorado828]

Conditions this morning are OK, it began with qso's to SoCal then shifted to Iowa and Ohio. Not bad but it probably won't last long.

I'll be standing by and hope to hear a fellow wwdx member.

 

[Brother DXer]

Same here, so so, but making a few contacts.
Between 11 am and noon - California, Colorado, Arizona and Oklahoma. Better than yesterday, so there's hope.

 

[Eldorado828]

It's one heck of a pileup now, too many to even understand now. Went from zero to a traffic jam you gotta love it!

 

[AudioShockwav]

This morning I was on my way into the post office and we had short skip conditions.
A dozen or so contacts into Socal and Nevada, rarely get to work those areas.
San Diego was really loud.
I did hear @DXman , 178 out of Washington but I could not get back to him.
Utah was booming as I pulled in the driveway.

73
Jeff

 

[Shadetree Mechanic]

I hear you in there @unit_399 , sounding great. I'm going to change rigs, flip my switch to see if I can get you.

Edit:
Great making contact with you 399, conditions are in and out, we might have better luck this evening as the sun is going down. Your station is sounding great, definitely one of the better sounding stations out there.
73
Chris

 

[AudioShockwav]

Good to hear that

I hear you in there @unit_399 , sounding great. I'm going to change rigs, flip my switch to see if I can get you.

Edit:
Great making contact with you 399, conditions are in and out, we might have better luck this evening as the sun is going down. Your station is sounding great, definitely one of the better sounding stations out there.
73
Chris

Good to hear this, I tried calling to Jim this morning on 38.

73
Jeff

 

[Shadetree Mechanic]

Sitting at my mother in law's house, monitoring.385, I hear JJ, @unit_399 Columbia in the grass. And he is the only one that I hear. But the McKinley and 203 just can't make the trip. We will keep trying.

 

[whiteastro]

Beautiful day here for weather but Crap day for radio !

 

[unit_399]

Sitting at my mother in law's house, monitoring.385, I hear JJ, @unit_399 Columbia in the grass. And he is the only one that I hear. But the McKinley and 203 just can't make the trip. We will keep trying.

What time were you out there?? I had steady traffic all day. Canada, midwest, New York, Texas, Miss, Alab, entire Southeast corner up until 5 pm or so EST. Florida and the Carolinas after that. Last cycle I used to get the west coast and Hawaii. Now nunca. I've noticed that now most of the really big strappers are running ham rigs
399

 

[Shadetree Mechanic]

What time were you out there?? I had steady traffic all day. Canada, midwest, New York, Texas, Miss, Alab, entire Southeast corner up until 5 pm or so EST. Florida and the Carolinas after that. Last cycle I used to get the west coast and Hawaii. Now nunca. I've noticed that now most of the really big strappers are running ham rigs
399

I believe it was around 6 pm, and you were talking to a station in Florida, and then another station after that. I couldn't hear the other stations, and you kept popping up above my noise floor. There was absolutely nothing else in my receive, funny how skip works. I suspect that the conditions will improve this fall as the weather gets cooler. We will keep trying.
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