[Boatanchors] The Silence of the Bands.

[McDonald, J Douglas]

Its band conditions. Yesterday, a holiday, all day, not only was there zero 
CW activity but zero SSB as well. And astoundingly, for periods there was zero 
SW broadcasting, truly zero ... not even the usual flame thrower multiple copies 
of Rev. Stair on every band, and no Radio Havana Cuba.a carrier

Really no sign ... not even the carriers of the SW stations, in a 5 Hz [sic] bandwidth!
That's really bad propagation to not get a carrier.
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From: boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net [boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net] on behalf of David Stinson 
Not so long ago, tuning from 3500-3550 at night and 7000-7100

any non-contest time, one would have heard many CW QSOs.

The last several times I've listened, it's one or two.  Or none.