[Elecraft] Solar Cycle

[Dauer, Edward]

“> I don't think conditions have been anywhere close to that since ....”

That is my experience as well; and I believe the recorded sunspot counts since bear that out.  The Fall of 1957 on 15 meters was like shooting fish in a barrel, with a DX-20 then, after getting the bigger ticket, a Viking Ranger, an HQ-100, and a dipole almost but not quite 15 feet above ground.  The receive selectivity was something like the width of a garage door; but a routine morning was adding a handful of new entities in Europe and Africa before heading off to school, and a couple in the Pacific after coming home.  We all got spoiled.  But easier doesn’t necessarily mean more fun.

Ted, KN1CBR


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Message: 14
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2016 14:17:36 -0400
From: Guy Olinger K2AV <k2av.guy at gmail.com>
To: Grant Youngman <ghyoungman at gmail.com>
Cc: "elecraft at mailman.qth.net" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Solar Cycle
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I remember 1956 - 1958. Conditions have never been that way since. We are
in the trough of a very long term solar super-cycle that had a peak in
1956.

In '56 every day in Columbus OH I could see test patterns on channel 2 from
Miami FL. Oh, to have had a K3/KPA500 back then.

11 meters was a ham band on my friend's dad's 75A3. And 10 was jumping.

73, Guy K2AV

On Friday, July 22, 2016, Grant Youngman <ghyoungman at gmail.com> wrote:

> Or even DX on 15 at 2-3 o'clock in the morning.  My little DX-40 worked a
> lot of DX in those days -- phone and CW -- and it rarely mattered what time
> of day it was.
>
> I don't think conditions have been anywhere close to that since ....
>
> Grant NQ5T
>