John S. wrote:
Hazards (and fun) of long distance dxning I guess. Had my favorite
Toronto oldies station AM740 disappear into the mud for 2 weeks...I was
in withdrawl!!! But now it's back.

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Strange propagation for a month now. From my location on the edge of
the Laurentian shield, I rely on sky wave to hear Art Bell & Co at
night. I
have the big clear channel stations set up on the pushbutton of my
dx-398
so that as one station fades out I can switch to another with a
different skip distance and not miss any thrilling detail of the end of
the world, etc.
The stations on the buttons are Chicago 890, Des Moines 1040, WGY,
among others.
All these stations have vanished with no hint of a signal for almost a
month.
I don't know if this is caused by some seasonal change, HAARP, an
upcoming pole shift, or the chemtrails in the sky being laid down every
day, and if I can't
hear Art Bell, I can't find out what is going on. Should I sell my
shortwave radios, buy some Burky water filters, lay in a year's supply
of dried food,
or study Edgar Cayce?
Strangely, although shortwave is the pits, except for some long skip,
the usual bible thumpers are still coming through on shortwave. Could
it be some sort of cosmic conspiracy? Or is it scientifically explained
by sunpots. Even my GE II just hisses, a bit Satanic, I think.