[Boatanchors] The Silence of the Bands.

[Robert Bethman]

Fellow Amateurs,

Yesterday was a prime example of what things are causing the loss of 
signals.

The entire day was a massive C Class Solar Flare, with major X-ray streams.

Science articles several years ago gave the information that the Sun is 
hitting us with at least 10% more heat than it ever has.

IOW, our Sun is entering its late stage in life.  We just won't be 
around to see its end.

Regards, Bob N0DGN


On 9/5/2017 12:06 PM, David Harmon wrote:
> That's true.....I forgot to mention that I checked the broadcast band and I
> couldn't hear but 1 or 2 local stations....one of them I can see the
> antennas but could hardly hear them.
>
> 73
>
> David Harmon
> K6XYZ
> Sperry, OK
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of McDonald, J
> Douglas
> Sent: Tuesday, September 5, 2017 8:47 AM
> To: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] The Silence of the Bands.
>
> 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.
> ________________________________________
> 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.
>
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