Hi Mal

 

Yes activity on the bands below 160m has been low. However there is always some kind of activity going on. These frequencies are populated by a very small and specialised group so LF will never be like 20m on a good day.

I think we are lucky to have very active stations like yourself , Chris XIZ, Stefan, Markus to only name a very few who are showing what can be done by Amateur Radio ops on these very low frequencies. On VLF it is very early days and I for one have been amazed at the results to date.

 

IMHO the work being done on MF/LF and VLF is real Amateur Radio.  I'll bet just about every Amateur who has either received a signal or transmitted a signal on these frequencies, what ever their ability, has leaned something completely new about radio.

 

With Solar activity rising, the upper end of HF with its DX potential is bound to attract much more activity than these lower frequencies.

 

The time for a change within UK Amateur Radio has come but its not among the Ops and experimenters in the LF part of the spectrum where the change is really needed..

  

PS I am trying to get a 136 station together because 500 around here completely blows away ADSL. So hopefully we can QSO on that band soon.... vy 73.