[Hallicrafters] Where Went The Band?

[Duane Fischer, W8DBF]

Richard,

True. But there is a big difference between a quiet band and one that is 
dead! Today the propagation dieties were all asleep sleeping off a big night 
of cloud bashing and thunderbolt flinging. (LOL!)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Knoppow" <1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com>
To: "Duane Fischer, W8DBF" <dfischer at usol.com>; 
<hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2011 4:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Where Went The Band?


>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Duane Fischer, W8DBF" <dfischer at usol.com>
> To: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2011 11:09 AM
> Subject: [Hallicrafters] Where Went The Band?
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>
>>
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I could not hear a single station from 7.200 through 7.280
>> MHz LSB today. I
>> tried two different receivers and three different
>> antennas. Nothing. More
>> dead than a turtle that Moby Dork sat upon!
>>
>> So if you had your ears to the speaker and heard only a
>> hissing fuzzy noise,
>> NCS really was there! Unfortunately the forty meter band,
>> however, was not!
>> I wonder if there was a solar belch?
>>
>> We will try again tomorrow on 20 meters. Thanks for
>> showing up, even if the
>> radio waves just waved adios at us!
>>
>> Duane Fischer, W8DBF - WPE8CXO
>> E-Mail: dfischer at usol.com
>> Hallicrafters web site: www.w9wze.net
>> HHRP web site: hhrp.w9wze.net
>
>     Well, I have a high noise level and a very makeshift
> antenna and can frequently tune accross 20,40, 80, meters
> without hearing anything but local interference. OTOH, maybe
> some days people are just not at home.
>
>
> --
> Richard Knoppow
> Los Angeles
> WB6KBL
> dickburk at ix.netcom.com
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