11 meter is very quiet?

[Captain Kilowatt]

does this aurora borealis having anything to do with the skip?

The aurora itself doesn't but rather what causes the aurora sure does. Check this link out to another thread here on the forum.

https://www.worldwidedx.com/threads/major-solar-storm-hitting-earth.268299/

 

[Brother DXer]

Nothing but static today. I made my way from Midland, TX to just west of Austin, TX. I heard nada. Even the bowl was all crickets.

At least I got to enjoy some good tunes on my boring drive today.

Did you come through SA!

 

[codeman]

Did you come through SA!

No, went through Abilene, then down hwy 36.

 

[YardDog]

Total silence all day long. Did get to talk to my locals for the first time in at least a year tonight without being bombarded with mexicans, so still a good day.

 

[Brother DXer]

11 meters today for me. ______________________________

So I disconnected and stacked my radios on the floor, tore down parts of my station and made some changes and had it put back together by supper time. Bored bored bored...
I do like the way it turned out. A lot cleaner look than before.

 

[BC Coyote]

I had two local QSO's and heard two brief fade-ups of warbly audio from California on 38 and that was it ! Nothin' but static otherwise..........
Sure glad I have other fun hobbies to fall back on when the radios not happening !

 

[whiteastro]

Same here nothing but static even higher elevations.

 

[unit_399]

I was in the shop working on a new project most of the day. Nothing but static on every channel. But then at about 4pm I heard 609 out of Texas. Old Brad was running his weekly radio roundup on ch 37. 5 to 7 and loud. When I turned my RF Gain up he was in the red. His 5 element and my 4 element were both on the flat side and were hooked up solid for 20 minutes or so, and then he vanished. I could just barely hear him say that I had faded out on his end too.

 

[lonestarbandit]

7 pounds of static on me no joy.

 

[whiteastro]

Had a plumbing project today so headed to the store for parts so turned on the radio to check activity and was greeted with static so shut it off and didn't look back. But did get the project done. Tomorrows another day !

 

[unit_399]

Didn't have much time for radioin' today, but clicked on the cobra around noon and hooked up with WR754 in the California high desert. "Ralphie" and I talked a lot 10 years ago, but this was the first time this cycle. Booming 9+ signal into Colombia. Good half hour QSO before conditions started to fade. A nice trip down memory lane.

- J.J. 399

 

[Shadetree Mechanic]

Didn't do much radioing over the weekend, but I did get out to the garage. Listening on the garage radio, conditions were non-existent, with a few stations in the mud. We got the motor in my son's truck, and fried it up yesterday.

 

[unit_399]

Stick or automatic ?? I feel better now. I'm not the only one with a cluttered shop. Lotsa CB stuff on the shelves, just like here. Good luck with the truck.

J.J.

 

[Shadetree Mechanic]

Stick or automatic ?? I feel better now. I'm not the only one with a cluttered shop. Lotsa CB stuff on the shelves, just like here. Good luck with the truck.

J.J.

It is a 5 speed stick, and it must be a lot of fun to power shift. It has been replaced twice, and now the motor twice. He said that he is tired of working on it, hopefully that means he is tired of breaking it. But he is getting really good at fixing it, so he has skills to enjoy some day when he gets a son......

 

[whiteastro]

I feel better now. I'm not the only one with a cluttered shop.

Your not the only one with a cluttered shop. I have a nice shop with all kind of tools and no time to get organized because I'm always behind the 8 ball running from 0ne job to the next. I'm trying to get hooks put on the bucket of my Kubota so I can remove my steel cellar way doors so I can fill it with coal but have to prep the tractor first and have 4 yards of top soil coming on Friday. But working between the storms so have to run to get my eyes examined tomorrow while it's raining. Getting organized is a lazy man's Dream. LOL !