[Boatanchors] 10 meters

Ron Youvan ka4inm at gmail.com
Wed Jun 5 12:25:58 EDT 2013


   On 06/05/2013 10:31 AM, Bry Carling wrote:

> [Soapbox]
>
> I hear BEACONS from great exotic locations all the time on 10m (like VY0 for example.)
>
> Really there are certainly MANY openings...  but what happens?
> You tune the whole band listening for guys calling CQ; all the way from 28.000 to 28.600 and
> hear NO signals at all. You tune the range again  - no signals. Beacons still strong.
>
> So you call CQ around 28.030 where anyone can operate - no reply. So you call again and
> again, and get zero replies. Then you call CQ up on 28.350 or so. Again and again. No
> replies. Beacons still pound in.
>
> WHERE are these 750,000 "NEW HAMS" everyone is always bragging about?
/*snip*/

   I think a large part of it is people, having seen, are waiting for 
the "shooting fish in a barrel" good propagation condx. They are keeping 
their radios off until they hear:  "We have spots! (or) The spots are 
back." (operating without spots are too hard?)
-- 
   Ron  KA4INM - Youvan's corollary:
                 Every action results in unwanted side effects.


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