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Offline Rafman

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21MHz Band nearly Abandoned?
« on: May 17, 2015, 1652 UTC »
I have noticed something that is both Good & Bad...

Here it is prime propagation on 21Mhz @1645z yet the band is nearly empty?

3 stations, really???

Bad side: SWBC is receding in it's presence? Even bible bangers like Brother Scam aren't on 21MHz...

Good side: Prime space for our Free Radio friends, lots of it  ::)

Writing this while I'm sitting here listening to Radio Exterior de Espana broadcast some goofy sports coverage
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Re: 21MHz Band nearly Abandoned?
« Reply #1 on: May 19, 2015, 1500 UTC »
Good question, I guess most feel 21mhz is always dead. But if I wanted to start a new station I would go on 21700 from 1600-2000. It would work well I feel. 18900-19000 and 21mHz are seriously underrated.
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Re: 21MHz Band nearly Abandoned?
« Reply #2 on: May 19, 2015, 2106 UTC »
I always thought of anything above 15 MHz as daytime stuff, and I'm a darkness dweller.  In particular, some of the new solid state state rigs don't work work well above 10 MHz or so.  So for me, I'll stick to south of 10 MHz, at least for now.

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