Hello Jim, Yeah, the sunspot cycle seems the obvious culprit, but I don't remember it being so bad in 86 when I traded my 520 for a fancy new TS-440, or the 95-96 low. Maybe I'm trying not to remember the bad parts. The band conditions, I mean, not the getting a SSB rig. :)
73', KA5MIR On Monday 27 November 2006 09:31, Jim Wilhite wrote: > I remember (don't all of us old folks) about 20 years ago > when the skip on 75 was much like the current one. Nothing > between 100 to 600 miles or very weak and stations out > beyond that were strong as garlic breath. > > This is really not that uncommon. It follows the 11 year > cycle and the 22 year cycle as does the upper bands. With > few sunspots to upset the atmosphere that giant mirror in > the sky is really working. What puzzles me more than 75 is > 160. It is not near as good as I expected. > > Jim > W5JO > > >> For the last few months, we've lost the choice of short > >> skip on 75 > >> at night. > >> 160 is difficult for a lot of folks, antenna wise. So... > >> No more > >> talking > >> to your buddies within a couple hundred miles late in the > >> evening or > >> night. > >> > >> 73', > >> KA5MIR > > ______________________________________________________________ > AMRadio mailing list > List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net ______________________________________________________________ AMRadio mailing list List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net
