January skip on 11m, 13ET145

very good radio manner 666
nice setup

hi,nice vid,bands dead in east midlands at the minute,roll on summer,all the best,26tm048.

does anyone know where abouts we are on the 11 year cycle right now(peak or trough)? ive been off air for a LONG time and ive lost touch.

Sunspot peak will be 2012, we are currently towards the bottom of it. But, I have noticed a significant improvement in DX in the summer in 2008 compared to 2007. 2009 should get even better. There were more instances of stations working North and South America, and Central America in 2008. Usually, the guys with beams were getting them first though. Eventually, you will be able to work 2div with a coat hanger out of the back of the rig.

hello mark.. from 26tm555, also mark :) s-coast. Skip has just started down here

did you have buzz on speaker caused by display,i had to put capasater in to stop it,also i get weird signal on 14 f band do you get the same.alpha tango Charlie 108 div

Nope.

Never head that problem with the speaker buzz. I use a BHI DSP speaker on mine, works really well.

where does your call sighns come come from,how do you get them? thanks

The first digits, eg, 13 or 26 refer to the country (based on an old Italian scheme someone made up), the letters, in this case Tango Mike is a club prefix you can belong to (search for CB DX group) and the numbers after that are just the personal ID.

skip rocks  spoke to a guy in a truck in spain years ago while mobile in clydebank and couldnt speak to a mate a few miles away