[Boatanchors] The Silence of the Bands.

[Rob Atkinson]

combination of things:  lousy condx a lot of the time, plus QRN and
summer time and folks have other things to do besides sit in a
basement, and many HF ops are SK or are running on empty by 9 p.m.
unless they have a two hour nap in the afternoon.  Not sure how many
can do that.

Let's face it:  the ham radio we all know and love, HF and 160 m.
phone and CW is not like it was 40 years ago because the ranks have
not filled in with younger people.  The population of hams like us is
dwindling and those of us left aren't QRV all the time so the activity
is down.

73

Rob
K5UJ

On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 7:48 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?"