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On Dec 14, 6:35 pm, "HankG" wrote:
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"Kilgore Trout Jr." wrote in message
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Wait for sun spot max, you'll get lots of sporadic e, I've heard
transmissions from england & ireland on the vhf low band!

When's the next sun spot max?

We are at the very bottom of the solar sunspot cycle right now.
Long distance HF radio communications should improve steadily for the
next
four years or so. You can check on the current solar conditions he
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/SolarCycle/
Keep in mind that most of the frequency bands found on a typical scanner
are
too high to be greatly affected by the solar cycle.

During the second world war, I understand that American amateurs (or
possibly CB) were picking up German inter-tank communications from North
Africa on the 27Mcs band and were relaying information back to the allied
troops in N. Africa.

I was around during the big war and remember going into my neighbor's house.
They had this big Zenith floor model which had a shortwave band. I remember
hearing 'action' in English (must have been our's). Sounded like a plane
going down.

HankG



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I live in the New Brunswick area, and my Bearcat 210Xlt has picked up
transmissions from Quebec! (Or so I assume, for whoever is talking
speaks french.) Thats around 800 km!

I could pick up CHIPS and Mexican Military on my Bearcat
when I was in Dallas. This must have been around the mid
90's. Of course, back then, with the solar flare-up waning
off, you could still pick up CHIPS (california highway
patrol) who inccidently transmits on FM or I woulnd't have
been able to recieve them.
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laborious task of years. To destroy can be
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Sir Winston Churchill

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