[Elecraft] Re: Who stole the ionosphere?

Wed Jun 4 18:12:00 2003

Last evening, for example, even as late as midnight the DX Beacons on 14,100
were banging in, some with quite good signals. The band was sparsely
occupied, however.

73/72, George
Amateur Radio W5YR -  the Yellow Rose of Texas
Fairview, TX 30 mi NE of Dallas in Collin county EM13QE
"In the 57th year and it just keeps getting better!"
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Stuart Rohre" <[email protected]>
To: "Steve Banks" <[email protected]>; "Elecraft"
<[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 3:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Re: Who stole the ionosphere?

> The recent solar activity has caused such instability of the bands that
many
> hams turn on the radio, find the bands dead or weak and give up.
>
> Then, when the band comes back somewhat, no on is there to call CQ or
> initiate activity.
>
> Remember, we are on the downside of the 11 year cycle, and things will be
> erratic for awhile.  However, I have also heard that the sun has been
extra
> active in ways unfavorable to propagation.  Two solar storms in a day is
not
> as common.
>
> In about a month, things should calm down.  One can monitor the automatic
DX
> beacons on 20 and other bands to assess their hourly state, or check the
WWV
> forecasts of propagation each hour.
>
> 73,
> Stuart K5KVH
>
>
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