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11 meter is very quiet?

After weeks of nothingness the band has really come alive here in the last couple days.. Lots of very short skip to Alberta, Saskatchewan, Oregon etc. Also Hawaii and Australia are back in the evening hours.

I've got my vintage gear set up..... Cobra 148GTL side-mic, Turner CS-1 desk mic, A/B biased Palomar 200 amp. Making lots of contacts on 37 and 38 all day long!

I was just calling on .375.... Nothing for almost a hour now.
Maybe this evening.
Jeff I've been hearing your neck of the woods in and out here all day today.... Fresno, Merced, High-sierra's, Yosemite, Tahoe etc etc...... maybe I'll catch you on the air at some point!
 
I want to echo what BC Coyote said in his posts. DX to S. America was strong from 3:30 to 5pm when I shut down. Again, everybody I talked with said that I was the only station they could hear. But on my end it was an endless pileup of stations callling me. I made 13 contacts: Louisanna, Texas, Georgia, Carolinas (both),Florida. Mississippi, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee. When I get my big amp back online, maybe some stations further North can hear me. 73

J.J. 399
 
I want to echo what BC Coyote said in his posts. DX to S. America was strong from 3:30 to 5pm when I shut down. Again, everybody I talked with said that I was the only station they could hear. But on my end it was an endless pileup of stations callling me. I made 13 contacts: Louisanna, Texas, Georgia, Carolinas (both),Florida. Mississippi, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee. When I get my big amp back online, maybe some stations further North can hear me. 73

J.J. 399
Are you in the Eastern Time zone Jim?

73
Jeff
 
After weeks of nothingness the band has really come alive here in the last couple days.. Lots of very short skip to Alberta, Saskatchewan, Oregon etc. Also Hawaii and Australia are back in the evening hours.

I've got my vintage gear set up..... Cobra 148GTL side-mic, Turner CS-1 desk mic, A/B biased Palomar 200 amp. Making lots of contacts on 37 and 38 all day long!


Jeff I've been hearing your neck of the woods in and out here all day today.... Fresno, Merced, High-sierra's, Yosemite, Tahoe etc etc...... maybe I'll catch you on the air at some point!
Sounds good!

73
Jeff
 
I got home early today and got a nice surprise when I turned the radio on. Conditions were pretty decent from 3:00 to 5:00 in my receive. I had some good qsos from Missouri, Chicago, Jamaica X3, Iowa and Colorado. You just never know when conditions will be in your favor.

I'm liking the Sirio Gain Master. I haven't had the opportunity to use it much since I bought it. We've had some decent winds and nothing has snapped yet. So that's good. lol...

73
 

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