11 meter is very quiet?

[unit_399]

Channel 37L was rockin' today. A bunch of good QSOs. 188 Nebraska said the band was dead at his location. . Hard to believe since I had a steady 3-5 S units of signal all morning.
Had two QSOs with WDX members today. A good long QSO with WDX1863 American Eagle (Steve) just before noon, and WDX 262 Brother DXer (Rod) about 4:30. Nice QSO. Just beat the evening Thunderstorm. Someday I will remember to bring a raincoat down to the shack. Got soaked again in the downpour going up to the house tonite. Live and Learn - the hard way. Story of my life. LOL.

- J.J. 399

 

[Eldorado828]

Sounds like a bunch of you got the good side of conditions today and I'm happy to report the same in my part of the world too. Best day of dx I've had in a few weeks now and made plenty of contacts to take advantage of it. It was lively here from about 8 am until I signed off around 2 o'clock or so, had no problem getting out there. I'll check back in here shortly and see if it's still going.

 

[Rwb]

crapshoot in my area. went out shot some lead at paper. came in n wiped all 65 of my firearms down
remember firearms have 2 enemys politicians and rust

 

[Brother DXer]

I turned the radio on at 5:00 this evening and there was no dx to speak of. In the 20 minutes I had my radio on, I had two good qso's despite the conditions. 509 Bermuda came booming in for a 5 minute qso then JJ, @unit_399 came booming in for another good 5 minute qso. We wrapped it up, then 399 and 509 Bermuda had their own qso. From my end, we were the only three people on the radio. Thanks for the contact JJ. This is two days in a row, my friend.

Edit: Just had a quick contact with RG010 Hawaii. Talk about strange conditions. Three contacts = Bermuda, Columbia and Mountain View Hawaii.
73

 

[Shadetree Mechanic]

Dx was down in the grass here with someone occasionally booming in, but nothing in the middle. I did hear an operator from Hawaii just slightly above the mud. We will keep trying.

 

[unit_399]

Today Conditions were very strange. Not too busy, but the stations I did hear, that normally give 5-7 on the meter, were in the red and very loud. Brother Dxer and 509 Bermuda sounded like they were next door. Same for 3030 Arizona, 132 Georgia and #3 Saskatchewan. Weird day.

- J.J. 399

 

[Shadetree Mechanic]

I just heard you in there JJ @unit_399. I couldn't get a call to you because I was pulling the pork roast out of the oven.

 

[Brother DXer]

I just heard you in there JJ @unit_399. I couldn't get a call to you because I was pulling the pork roast out of the oven.

Hey, you've got to have priorities, my friend.
Pork over pals.

 

[unit_399]

Chris - I heard several stations out of Delaware and I think we could have had a nice QSO. But like Rod said, " Pork over Pals."

- J.J.

 

[Dr_DX]

Had a nice short QSO with JJ this evening. He was booming into the Alamo.

 

[unit_399]

Sending those flowers right back to you, Doc. You were rattlin' the windows in my shack this evening. Good to talk with you again. I'll be listening for you tomorrow.

- J.J. 399

 

[Rwb]

bad storms yesterday into nite.they hushed down about 8 n i had clear shot to all who is on 27.485 lsb unhookrd at 11 m]n 30 minutes later all hell broke loose again thunder lightning

 

[unit_399]

Another massive downpour last evening. Luz had to drive to the airport (85 Km) to pick up her sister at 10 PM. On the way back she was blocked by derumbe (mudslide), and had to wait all night until a frontloader came out in the morning to clear the road. No cel service, but her 200W mobile made the trip to the farm. So I knew what was happening.

- J.J. 399

 

[Brother DXer]

Another massive downpour last evening. Luz had to drive to the airport (85 Km) to pick up her sister at 10 PM. On the way back she was blocked by derumbe (mudslide), and had to wait all night until a frontloader came out in the morning to clear the road. No cel service, but her 200W mobile made the trip to the farm. So I knew what was happening.

- J.J. 399

I'm glad she's ok and was able to make contact!

 

[BC Coyote]

11 meters is indeed very quiet here today. In fact it's been nothing but static all day...... nary a peep, not even from channel 6.