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mmtenterprises
01-02-2013, 01:07 AM
It has been a long time since the days of my Cobra 19 - in 1975'ish. I recently bought a radio again - Cobra 29LCD... I am hearing people who say they are in California, Las Vegas, Texas, etc... But - I am in the central part of Illiinois. How is this possible? or are they just BS'ing...

Mark

Beercanman
01-02-2013, 04:03 AM
It's called skip. During certain conditions, like when the ionosphere is charged by solar flares, radio signals can travel great distances by bouncing or "skipping " through the atmosphere.

Sent from your mom's mobile phone.

CircuitRider
01-02-2013, 05:21 AM
While answering mmtenterprises question, maybe someone else can chime in as to when this cycle is supposed to end?

CBRN38
01-02-2013, 12:22 PM
Booty monster has a link for it.

BOOTY MONSTER
01-02-2013, 05:39 PM
http://www.smeter.net/propagation/sunspots/current-sunspot-cycle.php

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http://www.smeter.net/propagation/sunspots/sunspot-cycle-forecasts.php

JesseJamesDallas
01-02-2013, 08:24 PM
It has been a long time since the days of my Cobra 19 - in 1975'ish. I recently bought a radio again - Cobra 29LCD... I am hearing people who say they are in California, Las Vegas, Texas, etc... But - I am in the central part of Illiinois. How is this possible? or are they just BS'ing...

Mark
Get on channel 28 when your hearing these guys, and if you hear people say their in Texas...Listen for me!:bump2:

"Jesse, Jesse, and more Jesse!...Jesse James in Dallas 854 in the Star, get'n-up..."

@2zero6nj
01-02-2013, 09:06 PM
Sounding real top shelf today Jesse James...73's ill see you 206Nj

JesseJamesDallas
01-02-2013, 11:12 PM
Sounding real top shelf today Jesse James...73's ill see you 206Nj
Back at ya...just wish it would hang around a little longer at a time.

ducksoupe
01-04-2013, 01:20 PM
I have a few Vintage radios I collect and this morning I heard Arkansas on channel 19 loud and clear . I was using a pace 162 I just acquired and yes it was skip . Comes and goes . I am running a 10 meter dipole with a balun . I run a horizontal v . I put the squelch way up so only the clear ones survive. Radio is different from those early days as not as many nuts running musical carriers and such . A more knowable crowd I find . I am in Massachusetts and very few antenna's on houses or cars. Only the die hearts . Enjoy

680maine
02-10-2013, 09:29 PM
Gotta love the 11yr cycles, this year has been great for me.