[ARC5] dying hobby?

[Paul Thekan]

I wish I could get my WW2 FM radios like the BC 1336, BC 685 xmtr(SCR 608)
, BC 924 xmtr(SCR 808) on 10mtrs for some long distance contacts..but sadly
the freq deviation is too great and sure it would cause problems.
Paul
N6FEG

On Sat, Aug 5, 2023, 3:10 PM sbjohnston--- via ARC5 <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
wrote:

> I try to check ten meters frequently but thus far in spite of the sunspot
> numbers I'm not hearing much activity or openings.
>
> I have been spending most of my operating time on 17 and 15 meters but
> signals are generally low and I've not noted very many significant DX
> openings.  Most days there is some sporadic E hops across the states but
> I'm not hearing the bands acting like I would expect for the sunspot
> numbers.  Maybe there is something else going on that is increasing
> absorption at the same time the sunspots are increasing.
>
> I crave the wide-open upper bands (including 6m) that I remember from
> multiple decades ago.
>
> Don't mind me... I am the Ghost of Sunspot-Cycles-Past.
>
>
> Steve WD8DAS
>
> sbjohnston at aol.com
> http://www.wd8das.net/
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