“> 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 ------------------------------ Message: 14 Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2016 14:17:36 -0400 From: Guy Olinger K2AV <k2av....@gmail.com> To: Grant Youngman <ghyoung...@gmail.com> Cc: "elecraft@mailman.qth.net" <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Solar Cycle Message-ID: <canckpc1ncdaxa2jhzeujurhsy_+9fb4es3+6_aghwsxe9fm...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 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 <ghyoung...@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 > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com