[ADXA] Cover the Grave, Amateur Radio is Dead!

[w5zn at w5zn.org]

AND.......there's YJ0GA on 17 meter CW!

Gosh, I sure hate this horrible prop!

ZN


On 2019-08-01 17:21, w5zn at w5zn.org wrote:
> Well, if you listen to all the dooms day crowd you would think so!
> 
> Propagation is bad and we're heading into a Maunder Minimum.
> FT8 has killed amateur radio & CW is dead
> We have no youth in amateur radio
> The ARRL only wants your money and doesn't care about amateur radio
> The government is corrupt (OK, maybe that one is correct!)
> 
> So, if you believe all of the hogwash above explain something to me.
> I've been listening to CY9C on 20 meter CW for over an hour now. The
> pile up is HUUUGE from Europe and the EU sigs are strong. Heck, its
> 11:00 PM to midnight over there. So if prop is dead and CW is dead
> what the hell is going on? Am I dreaming? ABSOLUTELY NOT!
> 
> Granted 15, 12 and 10 are dead most of the time however I'll bet if
> CY9C was on 15 I could hear some EU there. Yea I know, I have a decent
> station but according to the dooms day crowd I should not even hear
> K5UR 25 miles down the road.
> 
> So, here's the "ZN Assessment". The bands are not dead, folks just
> aren't on working DX. I noted a couple of weeks ago during the IARU
> contest that the bands were loaded with DX stations with loud sigs.
> STOP LISTENING TO THE WHINERS. GET ON THE AIR AND WORK SOME DX!!!!
> 
> The bands are open and there's DX to be had. When was the last time
> you called "CQ DX" on a band?
> 
> 73 Joel W5ZN
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