[Boatanchors] The Silence of the Bands.

[Hal Dale]

I agree Bob, condx's are just plain bad. And, add that to the lack of new CW ops on the bands makes it even worse. I only work CW and I pay little attention to the phone portion of the band. 

After being a ham, working on my 53rd year, I have seen much better condx's and that makes it bad in another aspect...

Things will improve this winter(some). Thats why I concentrate on the low bands...Thats what we gotta do. Rcv only antennas and better Tx antennas...Being a older ham, I can't wait on to many more 11 year cycles...Also, the prop prognosticators don't paint a rosey pix for the future...Hal/WB4AEG
 


---- On Wed, 06 Sep 2017 16:07:59 -0400 Robert Bethman <oldrotorheadsarge at outlook.com> wrote ----




I am INDEED in my late 60s.  So far I am NOT one that has to take a nap 

to be up past 9PM. 

 

I also have an HF NESDR system.  It provides essentially a "Spectrum 

View" of any HF bands! 

 

It also has shown a lack of activity!  Granted, it IS a vertical antenna 

- BUT is on the second floor. 

 

Band conditions have been horrible!  Last year this was NOT the case! 

 

This year that HAS been the case! 

 

Regards, Bob N0DGN 

 

 

On 9/5/2017 10:22 PM, Rob Atkinson wrote: 

> 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 

 

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