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Sure. Right now, we're coming towards the top of a sunspot cycle that results in SFI levels not seen in 20 years. Let me know how you were doing in 2019. There'
by NovemberWhiskey 3y ago
Sure. Right now, we're coming towards the top of a sunspot cycle that results in SFI levels not seen in 20 years. Let me know how you were doing in 2019. There's obviously a seasonal overlay here.
- jrockway 3y agoOh man, I haven't been paying attention to the sunspot cycle. I got my license at a low and committed to being depressed about it forever, but ... time fixes everything I guess!
- amatecha 3y agoI wasn't an op in 2019 -- got my certification in 2022. That said, I used to receive FT8 with my RTL-SDR and have a few screenshots. Here's a map of my received signals on 40m, overnight in May 2020, with a random-wire antenna: https://i.imgur.com/flfyIZx.png https://i.imgur.com/flfyIZx.png At that time I lived in an even more densely-populated area (a condo complex with over 100 units, on a main street, surrounded by other similarly-large condo complexes).
- threeio 3y agoits still doable in 2019... just not as plentiful ;) I was still able to get DXCC during the lows in a Silicon Valley downtown tiny lot (however, this isn't an apartment in a major city)