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Hello Grand Solar Minima?
ChrisSmolinski:
KaySeeks:
The sunspots must not be from California. The minima is not fashionably late.
Josh:
It'll only be, what, 3 years till the next peak?
We can wait for dx that long.
RobRich:
I skimmed through 20m voice on Monday afternoon. Only a couple or so active QSOs. Admittedly I was using the 148' loop-on-ground, which is not exactly a great 20m antenna, but still. o.0 IIRC, 40m voice was not much better.
Further up the HF bands, I used to occasionally talk on 11m SSB back in the day, but I have not bothered in a *long* time. Ideally, just a few watts with a simple dipole or vertical can work much of North America.... if ya' can find actually workable 11m propagation. I am not saying 11m is deserted completely, but even 27.025 has been mostly static here more often than not for quite awhile now.
10m SSB largely is vacant here, too. Further up, has anyone heard 10m FM simplex in recent months... err, years? Last time I even heard one of the now seemingly elusive 10m FM repeaters probably was a year or two ago.
ChrisSmolinski:
--- Quote from: RobRich on September 17, 2019, 0227 UTC ---I skimmed through 20m voice on Monday afternoon. Only a couple or so active QSOs. Admittedly I was using the 148' loop-on-ground, which is not exactly a great 20m antenna, but still. o.0 IIRC, 40m voice was not much better.
Further up the HF bands, I used to occasionally talk on 11m SSB back in the day, but I have not bothered in a *long* time. Ideally, just a few watts with a simple dipole or vertical can work much of North America.... if ya' can find actually workable 11m propagation. I am not saying 11m is deserted completely, but even 27.025 has been mostly static here more often than not for quite awhile now.
10m SSB largely is vacant here, too. Further up, has anyone heard 10m FM simplex in recent months... err, years? Last time I even heard one of the now seemingly elusive 10m FM repeaters probably was a year or two ago.
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I monitor 20m SSTV 24/7 on 14230 USB. Activity has been improving lately, I suspect it is more seasonal than anything else.
11m openings seem to be sporadic. Every so often I'll notice the band is full of signals, but it is a rare event. I rarely check 10m, I've never noticed much there. Perhaps that is due to low activity by operators, propagation should be nearly identical to 11m.
--- Quote from: Josh on September 17, 2019, 0037 UTC ---It'll only be, what, 3 years till the next peak?
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