On Dec 29 2009, 9:29*am, "Ric Trexell" wrote:
I only have a portable shortwave radio (Grundig Yacht Boy 400) that I have
had for about 15 years. (It replaced a Grundig 2000 which was a real nice
radio in its day.) *When I first got it there was stuff on there not only in
the bands but in between. *There were about 10 places to hear the BBC and
VOA. *Now I can tune the radio all night and maybe pick up a few Christian
broadcasts and one or two Spanish stations. *I usually just end up listening
to the AM and FM stations. *Even Hams are sort of rare. *If this keeps up,
in a year or two there won't be anything on SW. *Or is there something wrong
with my radio? *Ric in Wisconsin.

The last few days have seen a real upsurge in decent band conditions
from 6 MHz and up, with most of the bands opening up well during some
part of the day - but the 60m and 75m have remained pretty much closed
here on the West Coast of NAm. I miss my tropicals!

Bruce Jensen