Reclaim LSB 16

[BC Coyote]

Skip on LSB 16 has been non-existent. LSB 35-40 hasn't been much better. I haven't heard it this quiet in years. The good side of that coin is that I am getting phenomenal local range on AM, FM and SSB.

It obviously isn't going to work all of the time, but it has worked well often enough that I'd still like to keep the reclaim LSB 16 effort alive.

The sun has been more active lately than it has been in many many years. There's been literally dozens of large flares and CME's in the last couple months.
We need an active sun for DX, but not too active, and right now we are seeing the results of a too-active-sun..........the ionosphere has been stirred like a pot of gumbo and it results in piss poor radio conditions.

Out here 38 has been pretty much the only channel with any DX lately, and it's been all California, Arizona and Utah by day and Hawaii and sometimes Australia in the evening. Which is still better than nothing at all !

It's very very rare to go through a whole day here with no conditions at all. Even on the worst days there's weak short openings and I manage to make a brief DX contact or two.

 

[Rick330man]

It has been weird down here. Usually summer brings lots of afternoon thunderstorm activity and interesting skip options tied to it. I'm going to stay the course and keep trying over the summer. If the ionosphere returns to normal, there should be some skip opportunities waiting for us.

 

[Rick330man]

SATURDAY, JUNE 8th

Saturday, June 8th I'll be out on my marine mobile. Currently, it uses a Shakespeare 5223 marine CB antenna. My Cherokee AH 100 SSB walkie talkie will be hooked up to it. I'll start calling and listening at noon.

Hope to hear some of you out there.

 

[Rick330man]

LSB 16 and the usual SSB hotbeds from 35-40 were pretty close to dead on Saturday, June 8th. I listened and called out several times. I did hear some Mexican spanish on AM 16, but nothing else on there.

We'll keep trying.

 

[Rick330man]

SATURDAY, JULY 6th and SUNDAY, JULY 7th

We started the "Reclaim LSB 16" effort a few years back with nets that we'd schedule once a month and then every two weeks. I'm thinking of sticking to something like that going forward.

The 4th of July falls on a Thursday this year. That means lots of folks will be celebrating long holiday week-ends.

That Saturday will be July 6th. Sunday will be the 7th. Mark your calendars and check your SWRs. Let's focus our efforts on that week-end.

 

[AmericanEagle575]

SATURDAY, JULY 6th and SUNDAY, JULY 7th

We started the "Reclaim LSB 16" effort a few years back with nets that we'd schedule once a month and then every two weeks. I'm thinking of sticking to something like that going forward.

The 4th of July falls on a Thursday this year. That means lots of folks will be celebrating long holiday week-ends.

That Saturday will be July 6th. Sunday will be the 7th. Mark your calendars and check your SWRs. Let's focus our efforts on that week-end.

Looking forward to it and making contacts with my WDX Brother's out there,I'll be on Sunday that weekend after 2pm listening on 16 LSB..................

 

[c316buckeye]

got Mr Greg 945 on 16lsb on the 25th. 1st and only time i made contact on that frequency. we always throw out a cq on 16 when the radio is on

 

[Greg T]

got Mr Greg 945 on 16lsb on the 25th. 1st and only time i made contact on that frequency. we always throw out a cq on 16 when the radio is on

You sounded good with the strange conditions we have up here. Thanks for the qso!

 

[Rick330man]

I tried several times over the 6th and the 7th. Nothing. Skip conditions were pretty dead across the band. I did hear a 357 on LSB 38. He said he was near John Wayne airport in Los Angeles. One or two other California stations came in, too. 429 in Gettysburg, PA also came in on LSB 38. But LSB 16...nada...dead.

 

[The Howler]

I am another one that throws out a call on 16 when out in the shack.

 

[Rick330man]

I'll keep trying LSB 16 on the week-ends. Let's see if the skip gods answer our prayers.

 

[Rick330man]

Some recent posts indicate our friends on WWDX are getting frustrated with the amount of garbage that has been tying up LSB 38. Do we want to make another organized effort to plan another LSB 16 net? I'd be all for it.

 

[AmericanEagle575]

Some recent posts indicate our friends on WWDX are getting frustrated with the amount of garbage that has been tying up LSB 38. Do we want to make another organized effort to plan another LSB 16 net? I'd be all for it.

Sounds good to me, let me know when............

73's

 

[Rwb]

never have any luck. many 23 channel radios do ssb in mexico n hog the 16 slot

 

[whiteastro]

Every now and then I try 16 lsb and never seem to get much out of it. But I'll keep trying !