There's a little bit of activity on 35 here but it's not too awful bad yet.
I know not everyone has the ability but if you can we can try 27.3500 (between 34 and 35). Just an idea
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11 meter is very quiet?
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I know not everyone has the ability but if you can we can try 27.3500 (between 34 and 35). Just an idea
Ok, I just moved. Give it a try whenever you're ready. I've got the volume up.
I'll sit here for a while.
EDIT: That was a bust. So I moved up up and away... and talked to Wales and a couple of stations in Scotland. It's still booming up there on USB, but it's lunch time, and I don't miss too many meals.
And now I'm back, and found 35 - 40 full of pricks! If they're not drunk and spewing $hit, they're mentally ill and playing with their toys.
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Was going to get on the air after work today,but long day today, decided just to take it easy tonight, I'll be on tomorrow off and on throughout the day on 37 and 16 LSB, Watching the Penn State football game at the moment......
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wasnt feelin good radios off ,just scanners on n i slept
Good Morning WDX Brothers, Well just turned on the Ranger and currently the conditions are starting to fire up in Central PA,it's currently a Cold 17 degree's outside,I'll be on throughout the day on 37 and checking in at the beginning of each hour on 16 LSB, hopefully I'll be able to make contact with some WDX members out there, hope everyone stays warm and good Dxing for you all out there!!
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I hear ya in there, can't make the trip
Sorry we couldn't make contact, at least I know my radio is getting out, LoL,I have noticed more and more that on 16 LSB,there's seems to be more hash on that channel then any where else????????
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I still hear ya...sounds like a local group on there with the over ride
I had a pipeline to the Carolinas this morning. I worked quite a few stations on AM with just a Magnum S45hp with an inverted v 22 ft to the feed point. Most contacts were below channel 1.
I did make a couple on 39 lsb, then took the ole Chevy ii out for a ride. Got things to do now. I will try to get out there on the air a little later today.
I did make a couple on 39 lsb, then took the ole Chevy ii out for a ride. Got things to do now. I will try to get out there on the air a little later today.
I started exploring my Extra channels yesterday and was surprised to hear what sound like Mexican on a lot of them. But tomorrow when my neighbor is back to work I'm going to start working the extra channels and FM to see what it produces.
Conditions 35 to 40 are hopping so I've gone up to 555 and it's been a good morning getting into Latin America. Have had some good lengthy qso's with Italy, Spain and Mexico.
It's quite a nice change from trying to plow through the clown show under 40.
It's quite a nice change from trying to plow through the clown show under 40.
You're supposed to keep this to yourself!!
Back in the late 80'-early 90's solar cycle 22 I think, it was the same thing, CB was a war zone.
Me, several friends, my younger brother, all of us had resorted to " going above" to escape the jungle, but it was not long before even those frequency's were starting to get congested.
It finally pushed us to go take the test for our license.
This is how a lot of guys back then became Ham radio ops.
The additional benefits are many, more bandwidth less congestion and bands that worked when the cycle was down.
In a few years this cycle will also die off, you will turn the radio on and hear nothing but a soft hiss across 11 meters unless you have some local traffic.
Having other bands to work allowed many of us to use the radios we already owned, many were running Yaesu and Kenwood radios by then anyway.
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Jeff
Yes. And not just 11 meters, but also 10, 12 and 15 meters will become much quieter too.
That said, it's pretty rare even in the bottom of the sun cycle to go more than a few weeks without some kind of DX opening. It might just be short E-skip, but that's a lot better than nothing at all! And here on the far west coast of North America some of the Aussie's, Kiwis, and Hawaiians seem to make it through even when nobody else does due to a little understood mode of propagation known as "TEP". Short for Trans-Equitorial Propagation.
The plus side of course is that in five years from now, there will be lots and lots and lots of great deals on used CB's, export radios, and 10 meter ham gear, as the novelty of 400 channels of hiss every day wears off and people start selling off radios.
I'm up on the upper channels listening and calling but I hear nobody.