I'm on the West Coast too (Oregon) and the bands seemed pretty much dead at
my QTH the past few days. And over the past year I rarely heard any CW
signals on 160 or 80. I can't remember when I last encountered a crowded CW
band except for contests, and I "don't do" contests. And now we are on the
downside of the sunspot cycle. AAARRGH!!
Reid, K7YX
-----Original Message-----
From: George, W5YR [mailto:w5yr@att.net]
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 10:29 AM
To: Avila, Edward
Cc: 'Charles Carter'; 'tentec@contesting.com'
Subject: Re: [TenTec] CW-Only Rig?
I'd check the rig and/or antenna, Ed - plenty of CW signals on those
bands here in North Central Texas as late as 0500Z.
72/73, George W5YR - the Yellow Rose of Texas NETXQRP 6
Fairview, TX 30 mi NE Dallas in Collin county QRP-L 1373
Amateur Radio W5YR, in the 55th year and it just keeps getting better!
Icom IC-756 PRO #02121 (9/00) Kachina #91900556 (12/99) IC-765 (6/90)
"Avila, Edward" wrote:
>
> Charles, sad but true.........I'm 51 and returned to CW after 35 years of
> phone or no hamming and really disappointed with the CW bands -- last nite
> in fact here on the West Coast at 2100 pst I couldn't "hear" a single CW
qso
> either on 40, 30 or 20 meters -- my wire antenna doesn't tune to low end
of
> 80.....I'm sure there was cw activity somewhere in the world, but nothing
I
> could hear! When I was a kid novice in the 60's I'd get on every nite and
> always had trouble finding an open spot of the CW bands to call
> cq.......other than cw contest weekends, there are nights when all is too
> quiet on 80 and 40 meters cw -- I'm surprised the ssb/digital guys haven't
> been putting more pressure on the arrl/fcc to grab more of the CW
segments.
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