Topband: Top Band INactivity

[Chester Latawiec]

Seemed like there was some activity this morning.
I worked JA8ISU and then about 15 minutes later heard VK3XU calling and finally working JA8ISU as well.  There is activity, but maybe not as much as we'd like.
Good 160 DX 73 Chet VE3CFK

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> Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2011 08:38:18 -0500
> From: "Diane and Edward Swynar" <deswynar at xplornet.ca>
> Subject: Topband: Topband INactivity
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> Good Day All,
> 
> Is it just my singular imagination here, or has general activity on
> 160-meters declined significantly in the past few weeks...?
> 
> With the exception of contests, the number of CW stations seems to be hit &
> miss, at best, on the band anymore...even my plaintive general CQ calls in
> the early morning hours lately have failed to put in the "usual" 3-4
> callsigns in my logbook here ("ZERO" responses is the norm of late).
> 
> Where is everyone...? Are conditions really all that bad, or has the gang
> discovered new radio thrills in some other part of the RF spectrum...?
> 
> ~73~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ
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