((( FRiZZ ))) 4 posts Sep 04, 2008 6:01 PM	Good evening from Canada. I have not heard any skip in close to 4 weeks now. Not even any of the BOWL on ch.6 I wanted to check in with you guys to see if conditions are any better in your neck of the woods. For the last few months I been talking to lots of US stations all along the East coast as well as Kentucky, Tennessee, Illinois and Alabama to name a few. Have any of you guys had better luck Dx'ing. Let me know what's up Take care, ((( FRiZZ )))
Viper1575 60 posts Sep 04, 2008 6:25 PM	Its been dead here in wisconsin also nothen been going on but the local truckers here.... ---------- Rob AKA Viper Here in the 608 waving a hand
this_is_nascar 217 posts Sep 04, 2008 6:43 PM	No conditions here in over a month. Prior to that, it was rolling in everyday, almost too much. It made talking locally a challenge. ---------- "... it's not what you take when you leave this world behind you, it's what you leave behind you when you go."
chintamani 72 posts Sep 04, 2008 7:35 PM	Dead up here in the Northeast for over a month now.... Ho-Hum..... ---------- Keep swingin'... Jus' don't swing at pitches in the dirt.
i want a cb badly 11 61 posts Sep 04, 2008 7:58 PM	havent had dx in a while now
Ghost Rider 52 posts Sep 04, 2008 8:17 PM	The Bahamas were rolling pretty good yesterday (Wednesday) here in Virginia.....other than that its been a lil here and a lil there....except for that Big Joe...The big boy with the big toys down in the Florida.....even though I'd have to vote him jerk of the decade he has a way of creating DX....LOL.....I have been having really good luck on my mobile talking 100 - 200 mile distance around 8 to 9 pm on my mobile on AM the past couple weeks.
binrat 39 posts Sep 04, 2008 8:18 PM	Yup, dead here in Ontario. binrat
f-250ford 9 posts Sep 04, 2008 10:06 PM	It is dead in So-cali
starjammer 60 posts Sep 04, 2008 10:12 PM	Dead in Ohio. ---------- 2AR101 My little barefoot mobile SS-158EDX SkyThumper ST-65DX Wilson 1000 Workman HP 201S Uniden Bearcat ext speaker
Jay1962 22 posts Sep 04, 2008 10:24 PM	The possible reason for bad to no skip, same here in SoCal, is because the sun spot activity is very low right now. There was been some news on the sun latley on the radio and I would think easy to find stuff about this on the internet. I heard an Oragon station tonite about 8:00 p.m. PST and then faded out. Jay 312 SoCal,38LSB
((( FRiZZ ))) 5 posts Sep 05, 2008 6:40 AM	I guess the situation is not unique to me. My only solution then would be to pray to the SUN GODS !!! Take care, ((( FRiZZ )))
TwentyTwo-Zero 78 posts Sep 05, 2008 10:22 AM	Quote from NASA web site: "The sun is now near the low point of its 11-year activity cycle," says Hathaway. "We call this 'Solar Minimum.' It is the period of quiet that separates one Solar Max from another." Some interesting reading here: http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/11jul_solarcycleupdate.htm
GiJoe500 8 posts Sep 05, 2008 11:26 AM	in Massachusetts no skip 4weeks now, but i hear a little spanish skip on 26.715 ,,thats about it..
Bazooka Joe 3 posts Sep 05, 2008 6:42 PM	Little to nothing in Kentucky for a while now. Ugh...
foosball 5 posts Sep 05, 2008 7:17 PM	Not much skip in southern NH for about a month and a half now just locals.
Viper1575 61 posts Sep 05, 2008 8:45 PM	hey ghost Rider what partof Virginia you in? i am from Va Beach but live up here in Wisconsin now... hate it here..making plans to move back really soon ---------- Rob AKA Viper Here in the 608 waving a hand
lv480 143 posts Sep 06, 2008 7:57 AM	Nothing in Nevada for a month.
Dragonman 88 posts Sep 06, 2008 10:54 AM	It's like someone turned off the radio waves! Nothin up here in NorCal. Maybe just a couple of stations trying to skip but they fade out real quick. ---------- Dragonman My Mud Duck Mobile: RCI 2950DX SSB Rig Uniden PC76XL AM Rig Predator 10K on a Tram Magmount Wilson 5000 magmount Just need to get a footwarmer
Stinky 6 posts Sep 06, 2008 11:35 AM	I thought it was my radio. It has been dead in Florida for about a month.
tagalong 108 84 posts Sep 07, 2008 8:22 PM	yep, dead hete in Tennessee, just a few of the BIG radios every once in a while cant wait for conditions to improve here !! ---------- tagalong 108 To slow to run with the big dogs DX 99V T.S.Mod v T.S. Sweet Sixteen Pred-10K Comp
doctor who 68 posts Sep 08, 2008 7:16 AM	SKIP season is over with, known as e season..next skip season will be spring next year, although a few days of sporadic skip will drop in off and on, not much though. DOCTOR WHO
foosball 9 posts Sep 08, 2008 10:44 AM	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ionosphere
Big Bopper 380 posts Sep 08, 2008 10:49 AM	Dead in Ohio ---------- Competition rig: COBRA Blk Chrome 29 SSB rig: 2950DX SSB Rig: on base Magnum 257 Base radio: Lafayette 1140 Secret......all by Sparky's Too many more radios to list slwestnch at yahoo dot com
2EC837 47 posts Sep 08, 2008 12:10 PM	" SKIP season is over with, known as e season..next skip season will be spring next year, although a few days of sporadic skip will drop in off and on, not much though. DOCTOR WHO " There is a minor "E" season in mid-December but this is not as strong as the summer skip season. ---------- My Mudduck Station Last Edited on 10-Sep-2008 11:42 PM
Ghost Rider 54 posts Sep 10, 2008 8:51 PM	As I was traveling thru North Carolina I heard skip from Texas,Michigan and Illinois this morning.
Ghost Rider 56 posts Sep 10, 2008 9:06 PM	Viper1575.....I'm from between Roanoke,Va and Martinsville,Va near Smith Mountain Lake.
Buddybugsy45 115 posts Sep 11, 2008 8:16 AM	What channel do you monitor? 45
Stinky 12 posts Sep 11, 2008 5:10 PM	17 local 26-28 DX I'm not big enough for the supperbowl. ---------- 000 - "on the ant pile, stir'in it up, break break" Old Connex 3300 Astatic 636-L FatBoy 1x2 Monkey Made MM5 Tram Tri-Mag mount Dosy TR-1000
Buckshot 3 posts Sep 12, 2008 12:33 PM	Really quiet in Wisconsin. ---------- 289 B.S. Wisconsin
76Midnight 18 posts Sep 13, 2008 9:54 AM	No DX here in the Tarheel for me anyway.. In atleast a month :(
Ghost Rider 61 posts Sep 16, 2008 6:43 PM	This afternoon from around 4:30 - 6:30 the West Indies,Barbados and Florida were rolling really good here in Virginia.
PacMan 42 posts Sep 16, 2008 8:02 PM	Question, do you need to be on SideBand to hear skip? if not is there a particular channel to be on? Kinda weird but today here in NorCal, i was on Local company channel 22 and i turn my receive on my amp and i can hear a radio station down in Florida, heard something like 12 meter radio, couldnt really make out alot but did hear some type of theatre music, thought that was kinda weird! Is this some sort of skip? ---------- PacMan 209 "Lace em up, and Do Work" Last Edited on 16-Sep-2008 8:03 PM
Ghost Rider 62 posts Sep 16, 2008 8:17 PM	Hey Pacman......I was on channel 6 , some call it the Super Bowl because that where alot of the big radios play. When things get slow like they have been lately if theres any DX going on it will be heard on channel 6.
Buckshot 4 posts Sep 18, 2008 8:53 AM	Skip whats that lol, There isn't Jack squat up here!!! ---------- 289 B.S. Wisconsin Last Edited on 18-Sep-2008 8:54 AM
Bronco 40 posts Sep 18, 2008 2:25 PM	Skip..... I know a guy named skip....... oh, not THAT skip...... Things have been really really really quiet here.. like in dead...... nothing.........nada.... zip..... zero..... zilch..... Oh did I mention we don't have any conditions here? None...... ---------- Bronco 812 in western Kansas standing by...... BOHICA!!!!
Ghost Rider 64 posts Sep 18, 2008 8:20 PM	I heard more DX today on Channel 6......Georgia,Louisiana and 1 station I could barely make out from Panama(could have possibly been Panama City,Florida)Come on Buddybugsy 45 I know you are close by.....have you heard any OR are you still doing that honey do list to make up for that new equiptment your better half caught you with....LOL