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minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·24 days ago Never been a better time to get into HF communications I think. Also because the sun is in the middle of some kind of ~10 year cycle that means a ton of sun spots! That makes propagation go further.
minus-squarenondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-224 days agoYeah, we’re not too too far removed from the last solar minimum either, so we got a good deal of solar cycle left before the next minimum too. I say this all the time but hams are the coolest sun worshiping group I’ve ever been a part of.
minus-squarenondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·24 days agoThats my boy Solaire, Praise the sun!
Also because the sun is in the middle of some kind of ~10 year cycle that means a ton of sun spots! That makes propagation go further.
Yeah, we’re not too too far removed from the last solar minimum either, so we got a good deal of solar cycle left before the next minimum too. I say this all the time but hams are the coolest sun worshiping group I’ve ever been a part of.
Thats my boy Solaire, Praise the sun!