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.
>>>
>