[Elecraft] Solar Cycle

Kevin Cozens kevin at ve3syb.ca
Fri Jul 22 13:22:18 EDT 2016


On 16-07-21 10:43 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
> I was first licensed in 1955 and cycle 19 (the granddaddy of them all) was
> on the rise.
> Those were the times when you could work the world with 10 watts on 10
> meters during the daytime hours.

The bands would have been a lot quieter back in the 50's as there was 
neither the population density nor the amount of technology to pollute the 
airwaves with stray RF signals.

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Cheers!

Kevin.

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