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Nightlinks
Member
Username: Nightlinks
Post Number: 57
Registered: 1-2009
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 22, 2009 - 8:01 pm: | 
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Hello,
I have a question about SKIP when did people started noticing it? I don't remember anyone saying anything about SKIP in the radio and even people i knew back in the early 90's.
I just went through my first SKIP about 1/2 hour ago. I heard stations from florida, south carolina, georgia, tennessee... I didn't get to talk to anyone with my little 4 watts  but it was great listening to all those stations in so many channels 11,15,22,28,38 LSB and i think 17.
CEF#1021
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Tech808
Moderator
Username: Tech808
Post Number: 16813
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, April 23, 2009 - 9:04 am: |
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Nightlinks,
SKIP started before the very fist radio Ham/CB was ever invented/built.
ie: From: Wikipeda / the free encylopedia.
In radio propagation, skip refers to a radio signal being reflected or refracted by the atmosphere or ionosphere, and returning to Earth in far away locations. This phenomenon happens often with AM radio, enabling listeners to hear broadcasts across long distances.
Hope this help's,
Lon ~ Tech808
N9CEF ~ EN50mk
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Nightlinks
Member
Username: Nightlinks
Post Number: 58
Registered: 1-2009
| | Posted on Friday, April 24, 2009 - 10:08 am: |
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Thanks Tech808,
It does help very much.
CEF#1021
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Nightlinks
Member
Username: Nightlinks
Post Number: 62
Registered: 1-2009
| | Posted on Sunday, April 26, 2009 - 5:18 am: |
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Is there a chart or something like that where it tells me when will the next skip will happen?
CEF#1021
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Tech808
Moderator
Username: Tech808
Post Number: 16822
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, April 26, 2009 - 8:59 am: |
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Nightlinks,
The solar cycle runs in a 11 year cycle and right now we are in: Cycle #24 which started January 4, 2008.
As it get's toward the peak condition's will get better and then start back down.
You can get more information on the solar cycle #24 by doing a GOOGLE search for: Solar Cycle 24
Sorry but there is just no way to determine when skip will happen.
For a Daily Solar Report on expected condition's you can go to the LINK on the Main Copper Web Site here to the LEFT of the Copper Forum here titled:
CEF Net
Join
Membership List
CEF Times
*Solar Report*
Text Chat Room
And CLICK on it.
While it is NOT 100% correct all the time it is pretty accurate. And condition's change hour by hour depending on the area you live in.
Good Luck! 
Lon~Tech808
N9CEF~EN50mk
CEF#0808~CVC#0002
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Nightlinks
Member
Username: Nightlinks
Post Number: 63
Registered: 1-2009
| | Posted on Sunday, April 26, 2009 - 2:03 pm: |
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Thanks TECH,
CEF#1021
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Ak3383
Junior Member
Username: Ak3383
Post Number: 49
Registered: 11-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, June 06, 2009 - 2:58 pm: |
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I can remember my Dad talking skip in the mid-sixties here in central Indiana to all over the country even to Japan. He bought a new set of Brownings 23/S-NINE transmitter and R2700A receiver in 1962 and ran them through a set of double stacked Mosely beams. He didn't have an amplifier, just the radio's 4-7 watts. I am lucky enough to have those Brownings today and use them daily. Skip is alot of fun, it comes and goes day or night. |
