11 meter is very quiet?

[Redbeard U812]

Hmmm...I’ve got a salt water swimming pool. Might need to mount my A99 on a buoy anchored dead center.

"Buoy" that sure would make an interesting "conversation piece" at a pool party, especially keying up with leyenear. Big hair anyone?

 

[xm49north7]

slim here; same mid afternoon, but very up and down with a fast roll, not getting out, but can hear bits n pieces.

 

[2NC995]

Much quieter today, but I’m cheating with the new dx500...haha. Only a couple minutes to play...nice clear contacts in St Vincent, Brazil, and Grenada a few minutes ago.

 

[Unit 75]

Nice. I'm glad that amp is working for you I am hearing some skip out there right now but it's just above the noise level and hard to pull through.

 

[Unit 194]

It's not quiet it's dead.

 

[2NC995]

Definitely tougher yesterday. Only managed 1 contact, which was in Brazil. It was a good one, however, at a nice 5/7, and he reported the same.

Heard a station calling from Uruguay, but very weak copy and couldn’t make out call. Would have have worked on a quiet freq, but way too much traffic to coordinate a QSY.

 

[S&W357]

It's not quiet it's dead.

Dead is the word...a few weak DX Zombie moans can barely be heard at times. And then they just fall apart.

 

[357magnum]

Zip , Zilch , Nada ! Still !

 

[w9cll]

Always some type of contact somewhere else.... just saying...

 

[Woody-202]

The signal-sucking-sinkhole where I live is dead on 11/10, but I'll be on the road today so maybe I'll hear something once I'm away from all the interference.

 

[357magnum]

w9 , Quit bragging ! You Ham You !

 

[2NC995]

So...while we’re talking about 11m DX..as far as the station I heard from Uruguay...can anyone educate me on propagation?

I check as a crow flies distance...in the neighborhood of 5000 miles. Is this multiple hop F2 propagation, or could it be TEP?

Most of my other recent contacts have ranged 1500-3000 miles, which I’m assuming is all single hop F2?

 

[S&W357]

No knowledge of that magnitude to be learned from me.

 

[Shadetree Mechanic]

So...while we’re talking about 11m DX..as far as the station I heard from Uruguay...can anyone educate me on propagation?

I check as a crow flies distance...in the neighborhood of 5000 miles. Is this multiple hop F2 propagation, or could it be TEP?

Most of my other recent contacts have ranged 1500-3000 miles, which I’m assuming is all single hop F2?

Tropospheric ducting? I don't have much faith in multiple hops. To me, if it comes down it is going to be absorbed and not reflected back up.

 

[2NC995]

Yeah, I don’t know. I will tell you, I carried a shortwave radio in the Middle East and could often hear the Super Bowl...hahah. That’s 6000+ miles and I have a hard time seeing that in a single hop. Wish I had the brains to listen to SSB back then instead, or in at least in addition to, listening for friends.