[Elecraft] OT - Solar activity article

[Guy Olinger K2AV]

No more "hard sky" like 1956 in my lifetime if that actually plays
out.  In 1956 watched my friend's ham dad work the west coast from
Ohio, on 10 meters AM, 5+9 both ways,  with a Johnson Ranger 35 watts
AM literally into a wet salty spaghetti noodle.  REALLY impressive and
fun to a seventh grader that eventually turned into K2AV.  We also did
window screens, bed frames.  11 meters was an infrequently used ham
band.

Been waiting for a 1956 repeat on the propagation.  If we got that,
KX3 and a wet noodle about all one would need.  Sigh.

73, Guy

On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 1:51 PM, Nate Bargmann <n0nb at n0nb.us> wrote:
> * On 2011 16 Jun 11:42 -0500, Randy Cook wrote:
>> A short, but interesting article on solar activity in 'The Economist' magazine's website - article number 18833483, titled 'Sun Down'.
>>
>> Researchers believe we are heading for an extended solar minimum is the bad news. I do not know enough about the subject to have an opinion, but the article is well written.
>
> If it's so, then we're in for a long period of time where DX will be
> found on the lower bands with infrequent, if any, openings beyond Es on
> 10m.  Reliable DX will require large arrays on 15 and 20m and power.