Don't forget the world-side beacons. Any time I find a band "dead" the first thing I check out are the NCDXF beacons at 28,200 kHz, 24,950 kHz, 21,150 kHz, 18,110 kHz and 14,100 kHz.
See http://tinyurl.com/2g9j5 for details. Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- On Jun 11, 2004, at 1:43 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is so cool. I have often thought of this same exact situation. I > bet that at least 30% of the time, when a band sounds dead, there are > actually hordes of radio amateurs listening and thinking to > themselves, "Boy, the band is dead." This is frequently the case on 10m, especially during the sunspot decline. It is my opinion that in earlier cycles, when hams didn't "know" better, that 10m and 15m openings were more likely to be discovered just because people called CQ into a dead band. Today, hams tune across 10m, and hearing nothing, head down to 20m. ... Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft You must subscribe to post. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, Unsub etc): http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft page: http://www.elecraft.com
