[AMRadio] Band (s) dead
Powell Way
powell at conterra.com
Tue May 21 12:07:24 EDT 2002
Quoting Brett Gazdzinski <brett.gazdzinski at wcom.com>:
> The bands have been dead around here as well.
> I have not had much time to play radio, but did manage to fix my
> 40 meter antenna that fell down....its a bit higher now,
> so I expect a big 10DB of gain from the extra 4 feet!
>
> Even when I hear someone on 40, they were weak...maybe
> 80 meters will be coming back during the day soon...
>
> I suspect everyone is busy with yard work/house work/car work
> fishing, etc...
Sunday I could just barely hear WWV on any frequency.
The skywave on the AM band has been terrible, and the "A" index is holding up
way too high. When it drops back down, at least the BC band will improve, and
hopefully the other bands with it.
Powell
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