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Call Sign : 26-CT-1894 Posts : 22 Times Thanked : 0 Join date : 2020-04-13 QTH or Location : Eastbourne Equipment Used : AT66 Gainmaster
Subject: You coulld skip this Fri May 01, 2020 9:11 pm
OK. I went on USB triple 5 today. There were Spanish - German = Dutch - Italian etc coming in. That's okay but I'm not really ino forign stuff. What I was really hoping for was some UK Stations out side of my local area - like the South West or London and the North ec All I get is still my local stations.
Does the skip end at my front door? Why no UK staions riding the skip?
Cozzmik 10 + Year member
Call Sign : 26-CT-465/OP-465/FB-012 Posts : 194 Times Thanked : 9 Join date : 2020-04-12 QTH or Location : Kent Equipment Used : Kenwood ts570dg/Yaesu ft450d/Rm-kl400/Sirio 4000 Age : 54
Subject: Re: You coulld skip this Sat May 02, 2020 7:40 am
Eastbourne to London is too far for groundwave (usually) but i often speak with Brighton etc and too close for short hop skip which is usually a few hundred miles which often happens in spring/summer.Of course radio is a weird ole thing so all of that could change and you just never know.
But you need 80/40metre ham bands for uk to uk copies in the main......
Leurbost2006 New Member
Call Sign : 108CT059 Posts : 12 Times Thanked : 3 Join date : 2019-06-28 QTH or Location : Isle of Lewis Equipment Used : Anytone at5555 v5:CRT Xenon: Homebrew Dipole/Loft mounted
Subject: Re: You coulld skip this Sat May 02, 2020 8:26 am
Through the Summer you will occasionally get some short skip 'sporadic-e' you can often get contacts from all over the UK.
Jape New Member
Call Sign : 26-CT-1894 Posts : 22 Times Thanked : 0 Join date : 2020-04-13 QTH or Location : Eastbourne Equipment Used : AT66 Gainmaster
Subject: Re: You coulld skip this Sat May 02, 2020 9:08 am
Cozzmik wrote:
Eastbourne to London is too far for groundwave (usually) but i often speak with Brighton etc and too close for short hop skip which is usually a few hundred miles which often happens in spring/summer.Of course radio is a weird ole thing so all of that could change and you just never know.
But you need 80/40metre ham bands for uk to uk copies in the main......
Best UK so far has been Hastings (East) and Helliley (North) Nothing in to Kent or Brighton with either antenna, but can dx abroad with both.
Think this is just a bad location
Cozzmik 10 + Year member
Call Sign : 26-CT-465/OP-465/FB-012 Posts : 194 Times Thanked : 9 Join date : 2020-04-12 QTH or Location : Kent Equipment Used : Kenwood ts570dg/Yaesu ft450d/Rm-kl400/Sirio 4000 Age : 54
Subject: Re: You coulld skip this Sat May 02, 2020 4:13 pm
Leurbost2006 wrote:
Through the Summer you will occasionally get some short skip 'sporadic-e' you can often get contacts from all over the UK.
Great times when that happens,i remember speaking with yourself over the years dating back to 2014 so my log informs me..
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