Of course the bands aren't dead. Ham's think they are, so they don't operate, so the bands appear to be dead, so they are dead. It's self inflicted self fulfilling prophesy. All through the Winter 2005-2006 period I found 20 meters to be open around the clock to one place or another. My favorite past time is working long path when most ham's are listening in the opposite direction or not operating at all. I've work allot of juicy DX on the digital modes that way with no competition.
I've also worked allot of DX on 15 meters. I've even worked some DX on 12 and 10 meters due TEP and Es propagation. With the solar flux temporarily above 100 again and near equal daylight in both hemispheres the bands are in pretty good shape. It's just a matter of understanding some basic HF propagation theory. --... ...--, Thomas F. Giella, KN4LF Lakeland, FL, USA Grid Square EL97AW [EMAIL PROTECTED] PODXS 070 PSK31 Club Member #349 Feld Hell Club Member #FH141 Olivia MFSK Yahoo eGroup: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/olivia_mfsk Feld Hell Yahoo eGroup: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/feldhell National Veterans Ham Radio Club: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NVHRC KN4LF Amateur & SWL Radio History: http://www.kn4lf.com KN4LF 160 Meter Propagation Theory Notes: http://www.kn4lf.com/kn4lf8.htm From: "Andrew O'Brien" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Bands aren't dead --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "aa0oi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 20 meters digital are open to all of Europe and have been all day..Get > them while the gettings good.. what a blast,, can't operate them fast > enough!! > Yes, I just worked an ON6 station on 20M at 2359Z, Olivia. He said Band had been open all night in Europe. --... ...--, Thomas F. Giella, KN4LF Lakeland, FL, USA Grid Square EL97AW [EMAIL PROTECTED] PODXS 070 PSK31 Club Member #349 Feld Hell Club Member #FH141 Proof Of God Through Science: http://www.cosmicfingerprints.com/audio/newevidence.htm Olivia MFSK Yahoo eGroup: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/olivia_mfsk Feld Hell Yahoo eGroup: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/feldhell National Veterans Ham Radio Club: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NVHRC KN4LF Amateur & SWL Radio History: http://www.kn4lf.com KN4LF 160 Meter Propagation Theory Notes: http://www.kn4lf.com/kn4lf8.htm Man Induced Climate Change Refuted: http://www.kn4lf.com/globalwarminglie.htm -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.3.5/300 - Release Date: 4/3/2006 Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to Telnet://cluster.dynalias.org Other areas of interest: The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup/ DigiPol: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Digipol (band plan policy discussion) Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
