I'll be glad when its over...

[The Jerk]

...when the solar cycle is gone and the bands are quiet...and I no longer have to listen to the doofus's trying to talk skip on channel 19 when they know that's the main channel the drivers use...

That is all.

 

[Unit 194]

...when the solar cycle is gone and the bands are quiet...

Enjoy it while it's here it won't be around that much longer.

 

[Bundy]

When the bands are quiet there will be no reason to turn the radio on.

 

[The Jerk]

I have more local traffic than necessary to keep me occupied...

 

[Unit 194]

I have more local traffic than necessary to keep me occupied...

And I have the complete opposite. My locals are becoming extinct.

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

...when the solar cycle is gone and the bands are quiet...and I no longer have to listen to the doofus's trying to talk skip on channel 19 when they know that's the main channel the drivers use...

That is all.

I have more local traffic than necessary to keep me occupied...

Well I guess when the cycle winds down in a few years you will have all the local doofus's to listen to then.

 

[The Jerk]

Well I guess when the cycle winds down in a few years you will have all the local doofus's do listen to then.

 

[pistolpete54]

Its kind of like an annoying relative you wish would go away and when they do, you miss them

 

[Lil'Yeshua]

Or do like CK does,go down to 20 meters and lower.

 

[The Jerk]

See, I guess everyone is different...

I've done the DX thing, not my cup of tea...yeah, I've made contacts all over the US, and to Grenada and Jamaica; its not like it didn't work out. It lost its fidazzle for me after a few weeks.

I'd much rather be able to talk real time, direct to someone without wondering when I'm going to "lose conditions." Whether that be a local, or a driver...

 

[w9cll]

That is the great thing about radio, there is something for everyone. I remember my CB days, if the band was closed my radio was off. I never enjoyed talking to the locals (most were AH's). I am still somewhat this way on the ham bands but I enjoy talking to the locals on the way to and from work on 440 but my real passion is contesting and working DX.

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

Its kind of like an annoying relative you wish would go away and when they do, you miss them

I wouldn't know about that. My annoying relatives never seem to go away.

 

[psycho]

Its kind of like an annoying relative you wish would go away and when they do, you miss them

If my relatives talked with an echo and had a beep when they got done with a sentence.........they would be directed to the nearest Holiday Inn.

 

[hookedon6]

If my relatives talked with an echo and had a beep when they got done with a sentence...

or talked in the 3rd person, past tense,...... jus sayin

 

[Mudfoot]

...but I bet ya'lls get down though.