Exciting Bumper New Solar Cycle

Yes, it's amazing what kind of articles make the "front page" and how much GOOD content that was submitted remains buried in the "news" or "forums" columns.

 

Dave, I've been a ham for a long time and never tried 160m. About 3 weeks ago I discovered the growing activity there and tuned up my end fed 130' antenna and was pleasantly surprised at the amount of activity and occasional DX. Contacted hams in ZS, EI, PY and Cayman all in one night in less than an hour with the above makeshift antenna. Nice change of pace and new (for me) alternative during sunspot low point.

 

Nah, Been there, done that. DX on 160,80, and 40 is fun but my ears can't take the static crashes anymore. I'll take openings on 10 meters any day! Besides, I can collect 10-10 numbers there. (Hi Hi) We need sunspots! I can remember back in the 80's when 10 was open all day and night. Wish we could see that again. It would really boost new interests from the guys and gals limited to 28.3 to 28.5mhz.
My favorite bands? 17, 15, 12, and 10 meters. OK, OK, 6 meters too!
Don't tell anyone but I've been heard all over the world with my little 100 watts on 160,80,40,30, and 20m too.

Bring on the spots! Please?
73

 

Frank,
Thanks for the awesome podcast.

I listened through one time very interesting and look forward to seeing if Scott and his team are correct in their solar prediction's.
I will have to listen a few times to understand all he talked about though.

Thank you and love ICQ podcast one of my favorite.

73
Fred KB4QZH

 

Fred,

Thank you for the very kind remarks! This is what drives the ICQ Podcast team every two weeks to produce an episode that is informative...we take no advertising revenue, only listener donations, so when we offer our take on a product or anything else, it's what the Presenter thinks. I'm continuing to communicate with Scott on their research. They have a paper that I've read with 140 years of data that, when published, will strengthen their new paradigm on how the 11-year Sunspot Cycle is a subset of the 22-year (both are "-ish" in exact length) Hale Cycle. Competing paradigms are what make revolutionary jumps in science. I'll publish a blog post on this at k4fmh.com once the Homebrew Heroes Award for 2020 and the Portable Operations Challenge are done.

73 de K4FMH and the ICQ Podcast team.

 

Scientist will find a way to make sunspots.