Skip on AM

[Beybbear]

Do you guys ever hear skip on AM? I've been listening lately after I hear everyone talking about skip rolling. Is it only on side band?

[Turbo-T]

I think you can shoot skip on AM, but every time i try no one responds.

[NCMidnight]

Skips been rolling almost constantly for 3 or 4 days here on AM.. Been nice to have some for a change. And yes ofcourse you can DX on AM

[Beybbear]

Ok, I was just wondering because I see everyone saying its rolling and I go out and check all the channels and dont hear it.

[Turbo-T]

I dont know but I think it comes and goes. I know last night it was rolling, and it was rolling again this morning. So i went in and grabbed by 148 GTL and tried to make a few contacts, but nothing. I did hear someone out of Corpus Christ Texas on 36 LSB....I responded but they didn't to me, yet they came back on a few more times.

[NCMidnight]

I dont know but I think it comes and goes. I know last night it was rolling, and it was rolling again this morning. So i went in and grabbed by 148 GTL and tried to make a few contacts, but nothing. I did hear someone out of Corpus Christ Texas on 36 LSB....I responded but they didn't to me, yet they came back on a few more times.

Dx is like the old Military saying " If your enemies in range.. So are you" The way I understand it is.. If you can hear it you can shoot it. But just because someone can heard by you, doesnt insure or guaranty that you will be heard by them.. Too many variables involved.. Keep trying it will happen.

[Circuit Breaker]

Ok, I was just wondering because I see everyone saying its rolling and I go out and check all the channels and dont hear it.

If the skip is caused by a sporadic E opening, the ionized cloud will only allow communication to certain areas. It may open up in the mid-west for north-south communications and completely be dead on the east and west coasts.

[Diesel546]

Alot of skip here in MD. ch6 ch11 ch34 were busy!

[djrebel236]

Do you guys ever hear skip on AM? I've been listening lately after I hear everyone talking about skip rolling. Is it only on side band?

Do I ever hear skip on the AM???

well yes, and ill hear it on LSB/USB, FM too.

Dont give up, ive made alot of contacts with alot of the forums members from here and alot of non-members too, in time when the conditions are in your favor, you will make some contacts, i do it on both of my base n my mobiles, i also scan the band, if i cant be heard on one channel, ill try a diffrent channel, most of the time, if its too noisy between ch.1 thru 40, i go down to 26.785am or some place not as crowded and shoot some DX, beleive ounce ya start to make some contacts, it will become very additive, u will quit talking to the local for a time or two just to shoot some skip, Have Fun!!!, Happy DX'ing...Dj

[elmer fudd]

I've been hearing it for about a week real loud up here in Indiana and in Illinois. Last Night was ROCKIN in Central Illinois! I ain't got enough power yet to get in there but I will soon!

[doctor]

Skip has been in on all channels the last few days on am/ssb.

Try chnl 13 4 or 5 of us hang out there all the time.

Try hollering for
971
795
246
202
Were listening....

Southern Indiana, where the big signals are heard

DOCTOR/CBRT 908....

[TheTeZ]

fm skip.... whats the fun in that.... supposedly FM (and TV) will only skip 100 to 150 miles.

[579]

Skip was rolling up here on all 40 last night. I made alot of contact's. I love skip. :D

[zman350]

i was on 26 early this afternoon talking all around texas.

[toyman 659]

Skip has been rolling for the past week off and on during the daylite hours. 12/15/08 was a good nite talked to about 5 states from Missouri Miss. Arkansas TX and LA all in about 4 hours last nite . I had a blast!!!!!

[fatboy803]

i was on 26 early this afternoon talking all around texas.

Zman were you on about lunch time ?

[fatboy803]

i HEARD ALOT COMING OUT OF GA AND THE BAYOU EVEN A LOCAL HERE 611 WAS HOLDING IT DOWN

[Leiffi]

From Oulu Finland i have talked in to Spain on Channel 54 AM with 4 watts.. About 3 months ago

[INDIAN]

I think you can shoot skip on AM, but every time i try no one responds.

You will if you keep trying.

[INDIAN]

I think you can shoot skip on AM, but every time i try no one responds.

You will just keep trying and you will eventually catch conditions right and you will make contact.
Tdill
Tupelo,MS.

[Circuit Breaker]

Ok, I was just wondering because I see everyone saying its rolling and I go out and check all the channels and dont hear it.

Because someone reports an opening doesn't mean the band is open everywhere. For instance, here in Colorado Springs I might be able to work the east coast and yet people in NM or AZ may not hear anything.

[Circuit Breaker]

fm skip.... whats the fun in that.... supposedly FM (and TV) will only skip 100 to 150 miles.

That is incorrect. A friend of mine in Sierra Vista as recordings of FM stations from all over the U.S. The one my wife likes to listen to is of the station he received from Sydney, MT where my wife is from. He even has video of TV signals coming from Australia. It just doesn't happen every often.

[redneck330]

Would love to get some good conditions here.......love talking to my local friends but love to skipshoot.....lol

[rubicon]

fm skip.... whats the fun in that.... supposedly FM (and TV) will only skip 100 to 150 miles.

This is not true, I have a water gate of my talking to 505 in the MOhave Desert talking on 27.025 on fm.
Im in oregon btw, more than 150 miles away,
Oh yeah well I was running 5kw Bird kinda like CW mode. And yes I was on my big quad.
We jumped up to FM because we had a great conversation when Captn. Crunch kept breaking in to talk and for some reason wouldn't shut up.
Alot of the BOYZ were a bit upset over it,