In the October edition of New Zealand DX Times magazine, there are 45 loggings of stations operating between 2310 KHz and 5040 KHz covering the US, Central & South America the Pacific and Asia. The stations are still there if you can hear them under the noise which I think can give the impression of an empty band.
Paul Christchurch, New Zealand
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We all will agree about the much quieter tropical bands. However, when reading the loggings of the DXers in the USA and those of European DXers I have the impression that the American DXer is luckier in receiving these stations. The US DXers still hear stations which we also could hear in Europe quite easily in the past but hardly are heard here in Europe anymore. In October I was on Curacao, Netherlands Antilles and I could hear many tropical band stations from Latin America. So, these stations still exist and are also still heard in the USA but are difficult to be heard here in Europe. Do we have to wait till quieter conditions on the sun or are other parameters involved? Max van Arnhem The Netherlands
-----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens John Verzonden: donderdag 2 december 2004 21:35 Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Onderwerp: [HCDX] Re: Tropical SW Bands Virtually Empty
I would agree that the tropical bands are not as active as they were in the
late-70s through about 1990 when I was much more active in TB DXing. Not to
say that they are dead but they are much quieter (except for WWCR. WWRB and
the like!!!) than they were when I started DXing in 1976. No real surprise
here, as we will continue to see FM radio take over more from SW in the
years to come, IMO.
John Cereghin Smyrna DE
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