Reclaim LSB 16

[Rick330man]

The DX gods have not been kind to us lately. We had some great runs there back in October and November, but the LSB 16 well just about dried up after that. I'm taking advantage and pulling down my antennas for maintenance. I've got my eyes on the Labor Day week-end as our next best opportunity to try again with numbers.

 

[AmericanEagle575]

The DX gods have not been kind to us lately. We had some great runs there back in October and November, but the LSB 16 well just about dried up after that. I'm taking advantage and pulling down my antennas for maintenance. I've got my eyes on the Labor Day week-end as our next best opportunity to try again with numbers.

I have to agree that Dx hasn't really been promising these past few weeks on 16 LSB, I'm thinking once Fall comes around then hopefully conditions will pick back up like last year hopefully!!

 

[Rick330man]

Saturday, September 2...lots of college football...what's not to love about that? Getting in some decent skip contacts would be icing on the cake.

 

[midnight special]

the cheasapeke bay to florida duct open nearly every night, 112 robert on the bay most nights,, other than that quiet every where else,,

 

[Rick330man]

the cheasapeke bay to florida duct open nearly every night, 112 robert on the bay most nights,, other than that quiet every where else,,

Mother Nature needs to get all her ducts lined up in a row for us.

 

[Rick330man]

I took the A99 down last week for annual maintenance, so Saturday was a bust. But it was back up Sunday. LSB 16 was dead. Not a single SSB station out there. There was some activity on LSB 38, but it definitely was not the wild west. One group ratchet jawed away on LSB 38 for quite a while.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed that this upcoming week-end will see the skip bounce back...literally.

 

[Rick330man]

Is everyone up for a little DXing on LSB 16 this week-end?

Anyone remeber the Firestick FS-99? It was a replacement 3rd section for the A99 that claimed to effectively convert the antenna electrically to a 5/8 wave. I was able to get my hands on a few of them cheap many years ago. Now seemed like as good a time as any to try one out again. I'm not convinced that this FS-99 is any better than the standard A99 third section, but we'll see this week-end if maybe it shows something in the DX world.

 

[Rick330man]

Noon, Saturday, September 2nd and I am not picking up any skip at all! Nothing on LSB 38, LSB 37 or LSB 16.

Monitoring LSB 16 as I watch college football.

 

[Radiomatrix]

Noon, Saturday, September 2nd and I am not picking up any skip at all! Nothing on LSB 38, LSB 37 or LSB 16.

Monitoring LSB 16 as I watch college football.

What time during the day is skip more likely?

 

[Rick330man]

What time during the day is skip more likely?

It depends on a few factors, but the daylight hours are typically the most skip-friendly. On LSB 16, we've tried to encourage folks to try at the top of each hour on Saturdays and Sunday, so 1:00P.M.; 2:00P.M., 3:00P.M., etc. Give a shout out when you're up to it.

 

[Rick330man]

The predictor says "FAIR" conditions for the daytime hours and "POOR" conditions at night. What I am hearing is a band that is dead this afternoon!

 

[AmericanEagle575]

Noon, Saturday, September 2nd and I am not picking up any skip at all! Nothing on LSB 38, LSB 37 or LSB 16.

Monitoring LSB 16 as I watch college football!!

Bummer that there's no DX Propagation this afternoon, Should be some good games on today!!

 

[Brother DXer]

The predictor says "FAIR" conditions for the daytime hours and "POOR" conditions at night. What I am hearing is a band that is dead this afternoon!

Yep, it's dead here too. It may change for the better tomorrow.
Time for a beer run.... and listen to Jimmy Buffett. RIP..

 

[Radiomatrix]

Very dead…i was just out there hailing to no avail on LSB 38.

 

[Radiomatrix]

The predictor says "FAIR" conditions for the daytime hours and "POOR" conditions at night. What I am hearing is a band that is dead this afternoon!

Vas is das Predicktor?
lol