Has other operators noticed that DX has dropped right off or is it just my area. I was hearing a lot of DX almost everyday and sometimes All day but it seems to have vanished lately.
I work Europe most every day on 17 & 20 meters and Australia quiet often on 20 meters.I even worked Japan on 15 meters a few weeks ago on just 10 watts with my QRP radio on phone and Australia & New Zealand a couple of days before that. I hear people complaining but I'm doing just fine.The conditions are not as good as they have been in the past but they are far from Terrible.Has other operators noticed that DX has dropped right off or is it just my area. I was hearing a lot of DX almost everyday and sometimes All day but it seems to have vanished lately.
Feel lucky ! If you can't hear anyone around here, doesn't make you want to set at the radio. Last week the super bowl was blasting All day and into the night because I was trying to see how long my new NMHD batteries would last in my Midland handheld.I work Europe most every day on 17 & 20 meters and Australia quiet often on 20 meters.I even worked Japan on 15 meters a few weeks ago on just 10 watts with my QRP radio on phone and Australia & New Zealand a couple of days before that. I hear people complaining but I'm doing just fine.The conditions are not as good as they have been in the past but they are far from Terrible
I unhooked the antenna to my radio while away at work,due to the storms that they were calling for today!!I am listening to static crashes, going to power down and unhook the coax. Big storm rolling through.
One of the best reason to get a ham ticket, when the other bands are dead a ham can almost always find an open band.I work Europe most every day on 17 & 20 meters and Australia quiet often on 20 meters.I even worked Japan on 15 meters a few weeks ago on just 10 watts with my QRP radio on phone and Australia & New Zealand a couple of days before that. I hear people complaining but I'm doing just fine.The conditions are not as good as they have been in the past but they are far from Terrible.
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Last week I heard some operator from the LA Cally area. That was a first for me.Is booming this morning here in the west!!
Ya I don’t get many PA stations here. 1 or 2 so far since I got into radio. I’ve hit Ontario Canada a bunch of times and that’s further.Last week I heard some operator from the LA Cally area. That was a first for me.