On Sep 8, 8:04*pm, Cecil Moore wrote:
Art Unwin wrote:
I do believe it was in the early 1800s ...

*From Wikipedia: "Some confine the Little Ice Age to
approximately the 16th century to the mid 19th century."
--
73, Cecil *http://www.w5dxp.com

It was recently reported that zero sunspots were recorded in August of
this year. However, there must be some charged material up there since
I consistently hear CQ's from Europe in the morning hours and Western
states (and sometime Europe in the afternoons) on 20m. The Maritime
Mobile net is alive and well. I know there's nothing on 10m, which I
believe should be more more utilized in the FM mode with repeaters to
promote local utilization. Otherwise the unlicensed 18 wheeler
transportation industry will take it over for us.

On Sep 8, 8:07*pm, wrote:
On Sep 8, 8:04*pm, Cecil Moore wrote:

Art Unwin wrote:
I do believe it was in the early 1800s ...

*From Wikipedia: "Some confine the Little Ice Age to
approximately the 16th century to the mid 19th century."
--
73, Cecil *http://www.w5dxp.com

It was recently reported that zero sunspots were recorded in August of
this year. However, there must be some charged material up there since
I consistently hear CQ's from Europe in the morning hours and Western
states (and sometime Europe in the afternoons) on 20m. The Maritime
Mobile net is alive and well. I know there's nothing on 10m, which I
believe should be more more utilized in the FM mode with repeaters to
promote local utilization. Otherwise the unlicensed 18 wheeler
transportation industry will take it over for us.

Sunspot are not the only indication of Neutron release just an
indication somewhat under a solar flare where
release includes particles of more than half life such as wreckage/
debris and fumes. The rotation of the poles
ensure fracture of the arbitrary boundary for emmisions of particles
but if the Suns core cools due to the pole shifting
then there is less expansion within the boundary providing less
straying from equilibrium.
Now with the earth heating up scientists say that the sun is
expanding and in a zillion years will
swallow the earth no less, A extra large flare or eruption literally
is a releaso of nuclear energy
which goes to power lines as an impulse similar to the electrical
outage created in
Hawaii when they exploded a hydrogen bomb at low elevation.Which is
why yhe Navy suddenly reverted back to tube technology with radios.
In each of these cases it is the debris composed of more than half
live
nuclear products which does not compare to the miniscule energy of a
unbound electron called a neutrino. However when neutrinos
congregate in bunches they have a large energy input creates by color
binding which when split apart creats an aurora for thousands of miles
which amount s to a lot of energy release within our arbitrary border
which some say provides energy to the upper atmosphere and
provide worldly circulation of weather clouds, storms e.t.c.
Certainly a lot of speculation with regard to the arrival of
particulates the majority of which have not been identified.
Nuf said

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It was recently reported that zero sunspots were recorded in August of
this year. However, there must be some charged material up there since
I consistently hear CQ's from Europe in the morning hours and Western
states (and sometime Europe in the afternoons) on 20m. The Maritime
Mobile net is alive and well. I know there's nothing on 10m, which I
believe should be more more utilized in the FM mode with repeaters to
promote local utilization. Otherwise the unlicensed 18 wheeler
transportation industry will take it over for us.

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I have only been on HF for a year and a half, so my history with propagation
is limited. However, I understand that the sunspots augment/boost the
charged material which will always be there at a minimum baseline value. A
common measurement is the 10.7 cm solar flux level, now running in the 60s.
This level of solar radiation will provide us functional propagation, but
solar flux can jump into the hundreds. http://www.arrl.org/w1aw/prop/
[solar flux numbers at the end]

I'm no great DXer but I tune around and pay attention. (I have a simple
wire dipole laying on my garage roof for 20m, my usual hangout.) Just
yesterday, I worked two Japan stations and a Spanish station from San Diego
with 100W into that wire dipole. There were many others doing the same
thing and it took me quite a while to get those three in the log.

My point: HF still works at the bottom.

On Sep 8, 10:11*pm, "Sal M. Onella"
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It was recently reported that zero sunspots were recorded in August of
this year. However, there must be some charged material up there since
I consistently hear CQ's from Europe in the morning hours and Western
states (and sometime Europe in the afternoons) on 20m. The Maritime
Mobile net is alive and well. I know there's nothing on 10m, which I
believe should be more more utilized in the FM mode with repeaters to
promote local utilization. Otherwise the unlicensed 18 wheeler
transportation industry will take it over for us.

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I have only been on HF for a year and a half, so my history with propagation
is limited. *However, I understand that the sunspots augment/boost the
charged material which will always be there at a minimum baseline value. *A
common measurement is the 10.7 cm solar flux level, now running in the 60s.
This level of solar radiation will provide us functional propagation, but
solar flux can jump into the hundreds. *http://www.arrl.org/w1aw/prop/
[solar flux numbers at the end]

I'm no great DXer but I tune around and pay attention. *(I have a simple
wire dipole laying on my garage roof for 20m, my usual hangout.) *Just
yesterday, I worked two Japan stations and a Spanish station from San Diego
with 100W into that wire dipole. *There were many others doing the same
thing and it took me quite a while to get those three in the log.

My point: *HF still works at the bottom.

Makes sense. The poles of the Sun never stop turning or burning so
periodically
the arbitrary boundary must have fissures that allow for the escape of
low level neutrinos.
When equillibrium of the Sun is continous it means thje lights have
gone outand the pre historic human running for President
will be dug up in a 1000 years from now and the human race will be the
subject of speculation Vice president Gore will be dug up wearing only
a swimming costume and two fifty gallons of sun burn preventive and
living in an igloo !

"Sal M. Onella" wrote in message
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I have only been on HF for a year and a half, so my history with
propagation
is limited. However, I understand that the sunspots augment/boost the...

My point: HF still works at the bottom.


You will be astonished when propagation comes back to life. I used to work
Austrailia daily with 5 watts FM into a dipole DFQ.

More than half of my DX cards were from chance contacts while I was
commuting to school. The other half was mostly from ARRL DX QSO parties.
Last Field Day I worked 1 Canadian as my only DX contact. Truly SAD. A
few years back I worked Asia on 50 watts CW and more than 100 DX contacts
despite a continuous pileups from band edge to band edge.

For the interlopers on 10 I suggest regular code practice sessions. Long
CQs from the keyer can help with that too. Rest assured they will be
drummed off when propagation comes back and the bands are full.

For the time being, there are rare opportunities. Learn about the beacons
and DX clusters. Some of us have time on their hands and some don't.

JB wrote:
I used to work
Austrailia daily with 5 watts FM into a dipole DFQ.

The 10m repeaters make it all the more interesting.
--
73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com

"Cecil Moore" wrote in message
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JB wrote:
I used to work
Austrailia daily with 5 watts FM into a dipole DFQ.

The 10m repeaters make it all the more interesting.
--
73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com

You mean the QRM from co-channel repeaters in Australia, New York, Hawaii,
Virgin Islands, Florida and San Diego on the same PL? Gee, you could trash
a whole band with repeaters just so everyone could have their own kerchunk.

On Sep 9, 1:51*pm, "JB" wrote:
"Cecil Moore" wrote in message

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JB wrote:
I used to work
Austrailia daily with 5 watts FM into a dipole DFQ.

The 10m repeaters make it all the more interesting.
--
73, Cecil *http://www.w5dxp.com

You mean the QRM from co-channel repeaters in Australia, New York, Hawaii,
Virgin Islands, Florida and San Diego on the same PL? *Gee, you could trash
a whole band with repeaters just so everyone could have their own kerchunk.

Gosh, QRM on 10? Up on the FM side close to 30 where repeaters are
used, which is hardly even used in the high portion of the cycle, I
have never heard enough stations to cause QRM! In fact I have only
heard just a few repeaters there since the early nineties.

Tell you what: Better the band is full of ham kerchunkers and being
used than not being used by hams at all. As I recall, demand by the CB
services is what caused us to lose 11m and it also could cause us to
lose 10m. Ten meters reminds me of Lake Superior in Wisconsin some
years after the opening of the St. Lawrence seaway. Lake Superior was
a thriving resource fishery at one time for lake perch and lake trout.
The opening of the seaway brought in the sea lamprey which killed all
the fish. With no fish, even the the lampreys died. By the 1970's,
Lake Superior was like an empty aquarium: No fish, clean and clear.
Unused. Empty and and unused like 10 meters today.

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On Sep 9, 1:51 pm, "JB" wrote:
"Cecil Moore" wrote in message

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JB wrote:
I used to work
Austrailia daily with 5 watts FM into a dipole DFQ.

The 10m repeaters make it all the more interesting.
--
73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com

You mean the QRM from co-channel repeaters in Australia, New York, Hawaii,
Virgin Islands, Florida and San Diego on the same PL? Gee, you could trash
a whole band with repeaters just so everyone could have their own
kerchunk.

Gosh, QRM on 10? Up on the FM side close to 30 where repeaters are
used, which is hardly even used in the high portion of the cycle, I
have never heard enough stations to cause QRM! In fact I have only
heard just a few repeaters there since the early nineties.

I guess your radio's numb then. When the sunspot cycle kicks in it happens
every day. Skip causes way too much QRM because of PL duplication. It was
bread and butter for the radio company because so many customers would
complain and complain and complain about "other people using their
frequency" and they couldn't block them out with the mic hanger. Lots of
commercial users left low band FM for VHF and above because of that and
because a gain antenna needs to be so big that they don't last a year at a
repeater site. Ten and 11 meters is considered to be useless because the
daytime absorption is so bad it limits range to worthless. FCC made a
mistake to put CB on 11 if they didn't mean for them to play skip. And if
it weren't for modified CB's we wouldn't have a problem with interlopers at
all. As far as I know, most of the Ham Bands are useless for commercial
exploitation either because they are too small of a block like 220 was, or
because they aren't in the propagation sweet spot for a particular usage.
Hence, they are left to HAMS to experiment and toy with.

That doesn't mean we shouldn't be vigilant and fight tooth and nail when
some idiot tries to sell somebody onto our bands. The real shame is that we
LET GO of half of 220 just because UPS asked for it, and because a bunch of
newbie no-code techs that flooded 2 meters at the time had convinced
themselves FCC might cut 2 meters if they couldn't have 220. They were even
crying to "take 440 if you have to, just spare 2 meters". If it weren't
for that NOISE, the FCC might have simply denied the petition on
recommendations from those in the know. So the Ham repeaters and control
links that were on 220 either had to go away or move to 2 and 440 anyway.
That was a boondoggle for everyone involved since most wanted to go to 800
anyway. It's been a money LOSER for everyone that invested in it. Now Hams
can't get it back because there are a few ACSSB systems still there that
customers got stuck with.

"Cecil Moore" wrote in message
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JB wrote:
I used to work
Austrailia daily with 5 watts FM into a dipole DFQ.

The 10m repeaters make it all the more interesting.
--
73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com

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