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[fatdude1]

the skip as been nuts here in michigan the radio is alive again lol

 

[lords]

Each day is a different state for me sitting at 55' with a starduster
antenna!

 

[King Mudduck]

It has been strong here in NC for the past month and its starting to get old! I cant even talk in a 1 mile radius with out have my small amp on :shock:

 

[lords]

It has been strong here in NC for the past month and its starting to get old! I cant even talk in a 1 mile radius with out have my small amp on :shock:

its been like 10 years ..I wouldn't Complain!!!

 

[74IN]

Actually, it's an 11 year cycle.

DXing hasn't been very good for less than a year or two.

At least in my area.

 

[bigj82]

lots of skip here in lousiana kinda makes it hard to talk to the locals so that leaves u with no choice but to talk skip.lol

 

[davegrantsr]

its been like 10 years &Actually, it's an 11 year cycle.-i sometimes wonder how long some people have been into CB/HF radio, or just how much attention they pay to what is going on around them. every year, each & every year, every single year, for reasons mostly unknown/unproven, there is a phenomenon know as SPORADIC E, or E-skip that appears mostly during late spring/early summer, that mostly affects the 12-6 meter bands, with some (rare) activity even on 2 meters. on 11 meters, it is what we have been experiencing for the last 2 weeks or so, short skip generally from about 500-1200 miles in distance. IT HAS NEVER BEEN PROVEN TO HAVE A SINGLE THING TO DO WITH THE 11 YEAR SUNSPOT CYCLE, and can vary in intensity from year to year, but it HAS BEEN THERE since i was introduced to CB radio 35 years ago. hardcore DXers can't wait for springtime during the low end of the cycle, and then there are others that loathe DX. but, please, stop saying 'haven't heard any dx in 10 years', because it IS here EVERY year (actually twice, including dec/jan). check out sporadic E on google. PLEASE.

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

Actually there has been a large sunspot transiting the sun the last week or so. It has given off alot of small flares and is responsible for charging the ionosphere a bit. It's not all Es DX. Even 20m has been open later at night and that's not sporadic E doing that. Having said that, davegrantsr , you are correct about the Es season.The other day 6m was smoking.Too bad my 6m rig is out of commission for a while.

 

[doctor]

SKIP hasn't stopped here in the cornfields of Indiana, just loaded last few days it starts in the am and sometime is going at midnight, talking from east coast to west coast with no problems, talk across town IMPOSSIBLE, LET THE SKIP ROLL

73

doctor/795 :shock:

 

[davegrantsr]

yes, QRN, there WAS an increase in sunspot activity, BUT that is NOT what is causing the spate of 500-800 mile DX on 11 meters over the last 2 weeks. the occasional west indies/mexico/south america DX at a distance of 2000+ miles in recent weeks was more then likely sunspot induced. and yes, 20 was open til after midnight quite a bit the last 6 weeks or so, though to a lesser extent most recently.