Re: Is the HF Band a Noise Wasteland?

Jamie wrote:

Baron wrote:

Jan Panteltje wrote:


On a sunny day (Sat, 26 Jan 2008 17:52:38 -0800) it happened D from
BC <myrealaddress@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
<pnonp39kv8h1eqpkgt3q02hdq6768t5op9@xxxxxxx>:


Amateur radio...psshhht :P
'Can you hear me .zzshhhht..Can you hear
me...zsshhhtt..what?.zsszzhhhst..Repeat that ,,,,zssshhhts'
Bad enough I get that sort of frustration from my cellphone.

Sure I have worked South America from Europe on CB wth only 4 watts.
Loud and clear.
Once was member of a DX club (mm still am, actually).


I've got a confirmed UK - Sicily on two meters, and a good number of
1000 mile + European confirmations.
Sure, I hear Japan in the evenings on 20 meters at times but can't get
to the next town! :)

I could never generate enough interest in the HF bands to want to play
down there, though oddly enough 80mts on my parents radiogram when I
was nine, was fascinating to me. Then discovering that I could
sometimes hear New York taxi cabs around 10mts was wondrous. So I do
understand what you mean.

--
Best Regards:
Baron.
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