[Elecraft] Fwd: SDR Transforms Amateur Radio

[David Woolley (E.L)]

ab2tc wrote:
> 
> Link highly recommended. Don't miss the link to the interview with ARRL
> president Sumner containing this gem:
> 
> "Sumner also indicated that there may be a lull in operation these days,
> since the spectrum used by hams is now under the influence of the dreaded
> 11-year sunspot cycle. Sunspots produce radiation that blankets major
> portions of the high-frequeny spectrum with noise, making communications
> more difficult. It will diminish shortly, though, creating a much more
> welcoming ham band."
> 
>> http://electronicdesign.com/Articles/ArticleID/19439/19439.html
> 
> 
This seems to have been seriously mangled by a journalist.  As written 
it is suggesting that we are at a sunspot maximum and that the effects 
of sunspots are detrimental to HF amateur radio.  We are actually at a 
sunspot minimum and, whilst sunspots may increase unpredictability they 
also enable long range HF propagation and are generally considered 
desirable in the amateur radio community.



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