I was chasing dx beginning back in the late 50's to today and actually find
just the opposite. Many more dx stations out there now. There has been
increasing activity with each successive sunspot cycle. I guess this make
sense from an operator volume standpoint because there are many more
operators now. One factor that may influence our thinking on this, at least
for me anyway, is that I have very fond memories of operating back "in the
good old days" and it seemed more vivid and exciting back then when I was
getting started in dxing. It might seem like there was more dx than there
is now because they all were exciting and many "new ones".
My comment for Dave is to go ahead and proceed with your antenna plans.
Don't let this sunspot cycle pass you by !
73,
Bob, K6UJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Counselman" <ccc@space.mit.edu>
To: <Towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 7:58 AM
Subject: [Towertalk] Good old days(?)
> At 6:51 PM -0400 10/19/02, Dave, N3HE, wrote:
> >[I]t seems to me that, except for contest weekends, activity on
> >160-10M seems way down, eg, I hardly hear any of the s-p and l-p
> >gray-line dx activity I remember from the '50s, '60s, and '70s, on
> >40M in the late afternoons....
>
>
> I was active (as W3JVQ) during those fabulous late '50s, especially
> on 10 m; but my memory has faded and I was not DXing between 1960 and
> 2000. Therefore I wonder whether other old-timers can confirm, deny,
> or otherwise comment on what Dave says about DXing nowadays versus
> the good old days.
>
> It seems to me that it _should_ be better today, because both we and
> the DX stations have substantially better equipment now.
>
> Tnx es 73 de Chuck, W1HIS
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