[Elecraft] Experiment: can we create an instant "band opening" on40 meters?

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

Don't forget the world-side beacons. Any time I find a band "dead" the first
thing I check out are the NCDXF beacons at 28,200 kHz, 24,950 kHz, 21,150
kHz, 18,110 kHz  and 14,100 kHz. 

See http://tinyurl.com/2g9j5 for details.

Ron AC7AC

-----Original Message-----
On Jun 11, 2004, at 1:43 AM, <al_lorona at agilent.com> wrote:

> This is so cool. I have often thought of this same exact situation. I 
> bet that at least 30% of the time, when a band sounds dead, there are 
> actually hordes of radio amateurs listening and thinking to 
> themselves, "Boy, the band is dead."

This is frequently the case on 10m, especially during the sunspot 
decline. It is my opinion that in earlier cycles, when hams didn't 
"know" better, that 10m and 15m openings were more likely to be 
discovered just because people called CQ into a dead band.

Today, hams tune across 10m, and hearing nothing, head down to 20m.
...

Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net