[Boatanchors] The Silence of the Bands.

[K5MYJ]

I think it may be a case of people just not trying to see what is out there.

I have the IDs of the two RB Skimmers in my area. I can look at the activity 
detected by those skimmers to get some idea of what is being heard hear.

I use "DX Lab" to look at the activity as seen by the RBN. I get maps 
showing what is happening.

My interest is mostly 40M.

Bob Macklin
K5MYJ
Seattle, Wa.
"Real Radios Glow In The Dark"

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Harmon" <k6xyz at sbcglobal.net>
To: "'McDonald, J Douglas'" <jdmcdona at illinois.edu>; 
<boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2017 9:06 AM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] The Silence of the Bands.


> 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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