[Boatanchors] The Silence of the Bands.

[Brian Hemmis]

For better or worse much of the activity has gone to the JT-65 and now FT-8 digital modes. 
Those frequencies are packed on most bands.
Brian K3USC



> On Sep 5, 2017, at 8:48 AM, David Stinson <arc5 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> 
> 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.
> 
> Tuning from 7000-7100 in the evening and hearing a completely
> 
> empty band is eerie and sad.  Are we old CW ops dropping 
> 
> that fast?  Or is it just band conditions at my QTH- 3 months worth 
> 
> of "band conditions?"   
> 
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