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  1. FlyBoy50

    Snow today ...

    I feel your pain because I spent a life time in maintenance moving & dealing with that crap. I spent most of the day filling my outside cellar way with coal because I can't have a inside coal bin. Next project is making new skid shoes for the snow blower because you can't buy replacements for my...
  2. FlyBoy50

    11 meter is very quiet?

    What I found interesting is it was said they are more quite then other antennas but is it directional and need a rotor ? You have any links on making one for 11 meter ? Thanks I always like to learn new things.
  3. FlyBoy50

    11 meter is very quiet?

    Never heard of the delta loop antenna so checked it out on the internet and sounds like a Ham antenna but can it be used on 11 meter also ?
  4. FlyBoy50

    11 meter is very quiet?

    Sounds like me because I live alone & have to do everything myself so to many projects. But some times you find satisfaction when you work close to the radio and can listen. But not complaining because the trade off is I don't listen to a Nag ! LOL
  5. FlyBoy50

    11 meter is very quiet?

    I heard some activity today mostly on my Q6 pro car mobile. Mostly on 38 lsb but this afternoon I heard 37 lsb come alive for the first time in a while. Patience !
  6. FlyBoy50

    11 meter is very quiet?

    Been pretty lousy lately but have heard distant DX that I couldn't understand clearly but today some stuff broke thru clear enough. The leafs are dropping pretty good today and I notice I'm starting to re-gain the UHF channels on my tv that I lose in the summer. Hopping Mother Nature makes me a...
  7. FlyBoy50

    Humble shack

    Size doesn't matter because you can always expand with time. What matters is the joy it brings you !
  8. FlyBoy50

    11 meter is very quiet?

    It was spotty here today. I was trapped indoors all day today because of rain from a nor-easter so ran the coal stove to warm the house and ran the radio to listen. I'm hoping once the fall leaves are down the DX will start bouncing again off these bare hills. LOL
  9. FlyBoy50

    11 meter is very quiet?

    I was hearing something yesterday but couldn't make it out. Was nothing but garble not static.
  10. FlyBoy50

    11 meter is very quiet?

    Don't feel alone. Today there wasn't Squat on the radio. Back into the patience mode again. Oh Well !
  11. FlyBoy50

    11 meter is very quiet?

    I heard some action today in the mobile which was refreshing ! Gives you a little enthusiasm for what might be coming.
  12. FlyBoy50

    11 meter is very quiet?

    I did manage to hear the radio put out a little today but most of the time it was a one way convo. Not worth trying.
  13. FlyBoy50

    11 meter is very quiet?

    Don't feel alone, I haven't heard anything in almost a week maybe better on the base or the mobile. That Sun must be laughing at us !
  14. FlyBoy50

    11 meter is very quiet?

    Well at least I know isn't just me. I haven't heard a sole in quite some time now on both the Base station or the Mobile. Just like the bottom just dropped out and nothing left. I hope the fall action gets started soon !
  15. FlyBoy50

    Since the solar cycle is "on the way down" I thought I would ask...

    I know what your saying Brother, DX has got worst lately but I did try a little this morning. First the DX 2547, Q6 Pro both spotty. Then I seen one of my Galaxy 979s setting on the shelf and couldn't resist giving it a whirl. I lucked out with it and made a mild Orlando Florida contact with it...
  16. FlyBoy50

    Since the solar cycle is "on the way down" I thought I would ask...

    LOL No problem with ham talk here, we all share the air waves and are suppose to all get along. I'd love to get my ticket if I didn't have so many projects going on keeping me from focusing on study. I did that once to get my Waste Water Treatment license and it wasn't fun. It's called having...
  17. FlyBoy50

    11 meter is very quiet?

    Same Here
  18. FlyBoy50

    Since the solar cycle is "on the way down" I thought I would ask...

    I did some checking last night and they say we won't bottom out until around 2030-2031 so we have about 3.5 more years to ride this cycle and fall is almost here. Skip has been crap here lately so thanks to projects to keep me out of mischief.
  19. FlyBoy50

    11 meter is very quiet?

    Made my first Indiana contact just running the Raw power of the Q6 Pro in my Cobalt today so that was different for a change but I was on top of one of our knobs. Like they say Even a Blind Squirrel gets a Nut Sometimes. LOL
  20. FlyBoy50

    Which CB Shops are still accepting mail-in repairs?

    His web site is still running. https://truckscbsales.com/