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Well, it's just that 38LSB is where it's most likely to make a contact. Unfortunately that draws idiots to it as well. If people would just have a little consideration and manners, people like me wouldn't have to complain about it. It shouldn't be too much to ask of anyone raised by human...

Lots of fools on there. Some just repeat audio, audio, audio over and over and over and over again. Or hello, hello, hello. If you're not going to give your unit number in hopes of making a contact.........SHUT UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok, I was just playing around with the map in question and a lightbulb finally came on. A dim light bulb but lit nonetheless! Lol. As you change your region to view the map, it apparently disregards conditions elsewhere, only showing "your" current conditions. It started out on Europe with good...

I mostly use the same system as you do. Just listening to see. As far as the map thing, I don't think I explained very well what I meant. The selected location is Europe when the map first comes up. The entire globe is visible / world map style. Let's say, for example it shows lots of yellows...

Thanks for the info! Took a quick look. I'll need to dig in a little more when I get a chance. First impression is that it might be way over my head, but we'll see. Either way, thanks!

I'm not sure if this is the right place for this subject, but I didn't know where else it would fit. I try and I try to understand propagation Maps, but I have a hard time interpreting what I see. What tools do you all use, why, and how the heck do you make sense of it all? I have to wonder how...

Ok. Thanks. I thought maybe my phone was going bad on me. Good to know it's the forum and not my phone going belly up!

I'm feeling better and better about my homebrew ground plane. Conditions are still quiet and sporadic but I was still able to make a few contacts today. Washington State, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. The only thing that's as sporadic as the conditions seems to be my ability to access this forum. Is...

I think I heard one of those knuckleheads! Not trying to contact anyone, just criticizing people for wishing one another happy Mother's Day. The other kind of knuckleheads that bug me are the ones that make a contact on 38LSB and then continue on with a 30+ minute conversation on there. Am I...

Conditions were spotty and didn't last long this morning but I managed to work skip both short and long while it lasted. From North Dakota, I talked to Ontario, Michigan, Colorado, and Florida. It's been weird for a while now.

I have a question. No matter how quiet the band is, 34lsb, for me at least, always has a constant hum/squeal that registers about 4-5 on the meter. Does anyone else see this or is it just me? Is there something known that causes this? Don't see it anywhere else. Only 34lsb.

Yeah, that's what I'm thinking. My previous contacts were all different directions but always somewhere in a "ring" ranging from 1000-1400 miles out. The two closest today were more in the 600-750 mile range. Heard some even closer but the conditions were changing so fast I couldn't make...

DX seems to be coming back, at least a little. Very sporadic today but was able to make 4 quick contacts. They were all in parts of the country where I typically haven't made contacts before. Two were in the typical distance range I have seemed to be stuck in prior to adding my ground plane. The...

I don't know if DX is on the way to being full on again, but today I have made four contacts with spotty conditions. They were all in different areas of the country where I haven't made many contacts previously. It's giving me a better and better feeling about my homebrew ground plane. Is it...

So, in a conversation, I was told that folks on this forum love pictures of things. I mentioned earlier that I fabricated my own ground plane for my A99 antenna. He said I should post a picture of it. Since the bottom dropped out of the DX right when I finished it, I haven't been able to give it...

Now, that's what I was wondering! So, it's the gray line continued all the way around the globe, then. Which means that it doesn't have to be sunset to sunset stations or sunrise to sunrise stations. It can be sunrise for one and sunset for the other and still work! That is interesting, for...

Thanks. That matches up with what I have read while trying to research the subject. I've seen several explanations of the take off angle. I've also read about the first nine feet of coax needing to be straight down the mast and just out of convenience, I already had that. It's zip tied to the...

I haven't invested in any extra power yet. So I may be somewhat limited to absolutely perfect conditions/timing.

Well, no salt water there! Maybe I just have to hit the right day still. 73's!

I've often wondered if height was as important for DX as it would be for local. My thinking being that local relies on line of sight, whereas DX is skipping off upper layers in atmosphere. So, wouldn't an antenna reach "up" nearly as well whether up higher or not? I have it on a mast which puts...