I'll have to check that out when I'm back going.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 8:11 PM
Subject: Re: once in a lifetime?
> Try 3.842 from 9:00 on. That's another zoo. Sometimes the nuts are out
> on
> 14.275, but that frequency has quieted down somewhat.
>
> Steve
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 16:15
> Subject: Re: once in a lifetime?
>
>
>> The worst I hear are 3.910 and 14.275, other than that I don't see a lot
>> generally but have been off for 2 months or so.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 11:34 AM
>> Subject: Re: once in a lifetime?
>>
>>
>>> Martin,
>>>
>>> I'm hearing more and more CB-like activity on the ham bands these days,
>>> especially on 75 meters where skip is short enough for the local wackos
>>> to
>>> congregate. I also hear some of that stuff on 20 as well. I've heard
>>> the
>>> arguments that it's all due to the no-code license, the dumbing down of
>>> the
>>> tests, etc., but many of the worst troublemakers hold extras, so that's
>>> obviously not the problem. I chalk it all up to a general lack of
>>> individual responsibility on the part of hams, which just reflects the
>>> same
>>> trend in the larger society. Before anyone starts firing up their
>>> Bunsen
>>> burners, I'm not saying that all hams are irresponsible, just that those
>>> who
>>> are seem to be making more noise.
>>>
>>> Steve
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Martin McCormick" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 07:24
>>> Subject: Re: once in a lifetime?
>>>
>>>
>>>> I first got licensed in 1969 but have had a good
>>>> receiver since 1966 and it is wonderful to hear all that F2
>>>> propagation coming back. When the Solar Flux gets higher, we
>>>> will hear shorter skip on ten meters during the Winter as well
>>>> as the Winter Sporadic E season which is not effected so much by
>>>> Solar activity so it will be a fun mix of shorter and longer
>>>> skip.
>>>>
>>>> Yesterday, which was Sunday as I write this, I tuned
>>>> through the CB frequencies to listen to an example of a huge
>>>> number of transmitters concentrated on a relatively small number
>>>> of frequencies and it is just beginning to sound like the older
>>>> days of the late sixties and seventies when those frequencies
>>>> were useless due to countless strong signals even from the 5-watt
>>>> stations. We're not there yet, but it's getting closer.
>>>>
>>>> The Solar Flux yesterday was 164 and it probably needs
>>>> to be over 200 to really get the old days back but it could
>>>> still happen.
>>>>
>>>> As for the CB frequencies, I have this theory that 27
>>>> MHZ might be a natural resonance frequency for the neurons in
>>>> the human brain and repeated transmission, especially with high
>>>> power, causes those neurons to shatter creating a sort of
>>>> electronic lobotomy.
>>>>
>>>> I am just joking, but one hears some crazy stuff on
>>>> those frequencies. Half of me is simply appalled at what I hear
>>>> plus amused at the sheer stupidity of it all. Another fraction
>>>> of me says that it is good that these wackos have somewhere to
>>>> go that isn't part of a ham band and the rest of me says that a
>>>> lot of this activity simply doesn't do any good at all and is
>>>> potentially a security risk, just perfect for dope dealers and
>>>> terrorists. I am sure glad they aren't on ten that much, but
>>>> even that happens sometimes.
>>>>
>>>> Anyway, it is a good propagation indicator for now.
>>>>
>>>> With a little more Solar Flux, the F2 layer will be
>>>> forced a bit lower and this will change the reflection angles so
>>>> that we will start getting those West-Coast signals thundering
>>>> in again. That will create more QRM, but it will also bring in
>>>> even more JA's, ZL's and VK's so it's not really a bad thing.
>>>>
>>>> Howard Kaufman writes:
>>>>> I have been a ham since 1966. I have absolutely never seen the
>>>>> conditions
>>>>> we are experiencing this week.
>>>>> 30 meters has been full of Europeans for the last two hours. late
>>>>> morning
>>>>> there, darkest night here. Grey line some where over the mid
>>>>> Atlantic.
>>>>> for two late afternoons, 10 meters has been filled with JA's, and no
>>>>> west
>>>>> coast signals to clobber them. 12 meters is filled with Europeans in
>>>>> the
>>>>> mid mornings, with similar conditions but not quite as good on ten.
>>>>> Signals from south America, Australia and Africa as well.
>>>>> I looked for Terry for an hour yesterday with no luck. Hope others
>>>>> are
>>>>> enjoying as well.
>>>>
>>
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