Check "spaceweather.com", we're in the middle of a pretty good sized geomagnetic storm with the planetary K index at 5 or higher. No wonder the bands are dead!
Jim, W0EB > On Mar 6, 2017, at 9:17 PM, Harry Yingst via Elecraft > <[email protected]> wrote: > > The bands are very dead tonight > I was dialing around with my freshly built K2 and wondering if I messed > something up when I put in the SSB board > Then I turned on my K3 and found that the bands are just bad tonight. > > > > > From: tomb18 <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, March 6, 2017 10:09 PM > Subject: [Elecraft] Questions about the sensitivity of the KX2 > > Hi, I must confess that although I have interfaced my KX2 to my software I > haven't really had a chance to use it as a pure radio, unattached to the > computer. One reason was a lack of accessible antennas and time. Today > however I received my MFJ 20m whip antenna and was playing around a bit > tonight. Now I know it's not meant for 160m or 80 or 40, but shouldn't I hear > something? I mean even tuning to strong am bands, would I not hear these > signals?Is this normal? Thanks for any advice.73 Tom va2fsq.com > > > Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
