On Sun, 21 May 2006 23:59:13 +0000, weatherall
wrote:


A couple months ago, Art Bell talked about the solar maximum (of cycle
19) in the late 1950s when the sunspot count was very high. He said
shortwave reception was incredible then, and he was easily receiving
hams from around the world. Were any of you listening to shortwave or
hams at that time? I want to know more about what it was like.

Six meters, one of the more mercurial bands, was amazing. When it
opened up, I could pretty much work anywhere with a homebrew 5-watt AM
transmitter and ground plane antenna.

bob
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