Hope I don't have to wait until spring!

[Mtn Lynx]

It's been a week since I heard any good skip. The last time there was skip I was able to make some contacts. I heard a little foreign talk the other night, but that's it. Oh well, good time to get off my *** and get **** done.

[Scholar]

We are going into the "Solar Minimum" so skip will keep getting less and less until the next swing up in Solar Cycle 25 which should start ramping up in or around 2020.

Right now Solar Cycle 25 it is predicted to be the quietest/lowest cycle in many, many years.

[Deleted User 14541]

I heard it was rolling on Thanksgiving day but I was nowhere near a radio. One guy on ch6 acknowledged me Friday morning when I told him to tell a local to get off the radio and go make me a turkey sandwich with mayonnaise.

[Bombero]

Hey..

Yep...the 'skip' was rolling on all channels and freqs on Thanksgiving Day.

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[Mtn Lynx]

I heard it was rocking and rrolling on thanksgiving day down in the lower 48..... Here it was quiet.

[EZ CHOPPER]

I was on there that day there was all kind of traffic all channels it was very hard to get in on it. just sit back and lessoned

[Mtn Lynx]

I was on there that day there was all kind of traffic all channels it was very hard to get in on it. just sit back and lessoned

you guys down south are so lucky

[MDYoungblood]

It is going to be a wait and see shooting match for the next couple of years. It takes a solar flare to skim the earth's ionosphere, a space rock (or junk) hitting the atmosphere. When you hear it is when you know skip is running, my best answer to this question.

3's

Greg

[Radar-DLDN]

With solar minimum upon us and the possibility for a very week maximum it could be a decade before we get consistent skip on 27 meters. Not to say there won't be any, solar winds and random flares can open things right up, but probably not consistently.

Might be a good time to look in to ham radio. Usually some band is alive and with a general license and piece of wire you can always find someone somewhere.

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