so its been a weird few weeks for me on the radio. been parking on 40m most evenings after dinner just spinning the dial and honestly its either dead quiet or theres some massive pileup halfway across the band that i cant even get close to. nothing in between. had a nice qso with a guy in nebraska last tuesday i think, real relaxed ragchew, talked about antennas for like 45 minutes which was fun. but other than that its just been kind of blah. not complaining exactly just feels like the bands have been weird lately. maybe its just me or my location, im out in the suburbs so there's a fair amount of rfi to deal with depending on the time of night. anyway just curious if anyone else is noticing anything or if ive just been unlucky with timing

yeah 40 has been weird for me too, though i caught a good opening to europe last thursday around sunset and worked a few stations pretty easily. think it really depends on the time and your local noise floor. my neighborhood has gotten so much worse for rfi since everyone started putting in those led streetlights. its like trying to listen through a blender sometimes

thats pretty much every night for me lol. i usually just end up on 2m talking to the guys in the local club instead. 40 feels like a gamble