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Useless as....
2023-12-16 04:43
Registered: 8 years ago
Posts: 19
G'day friends

After a number of months now, I have to say the "new" HS5 is for the birds. I've made perhaps a total of 3 QSOs all these months,
and whenever I do scan the bands, no traffic is heard, even during contest times.

I miss the old HS3 and even 4, but as of today i'm throwing in the towel and will not renew my subscription.

73s de Dave 43HS2971

73s and best wishes de Dave 43HS2971
Re: Useless as....
2023-12-18 20:53
Registered: 4 years ago
Posts: 8
Hello plenty of people on Hamsphere you gotta Know when too come on
such as and I talk with a whole Bunch of 43hs call ops outta Sydney
Queensland and a few more from Aussie. 10 meter 12 meter and 17 meter
even i chat with Aussie stations at 2200 UTC on 10 meter 2HS5086
NO worries Mate
Re: Useless as....
2024-04-02 23:53
Registered: 8 years ago
Posts: 19
Well I did in fact renew my subscription and have actually made some QSO's, albeit almost exclusively on 6m and the repeater bands. I'm hoping this will improve as time goes on. I still miss the greater traffic as experienced with HS3 and sincerely hope it is reintroduced - it was a great tool to introduce people into the hobby.

Dave. 43HS2917

73s and best wishes de Dave 43HS2971
Re: Useless as....
2024-08-21 19:15
Registered: 15 years ago
Posts: 13
I think that I've had an account for about 14 years and have only about 6 QSO's in the log. On "real radio," I've had many thousands of contacts in that same time. Part of the reason is that the activity here is quite low. Another is that the current sunspot cycle on the "non-virtual" bands continues to make DX readily available.

I appreciate what the developers have done, and I don't want HS 5.0 to be like the six-meter band here, which appears to be a glorified chat room. I suppose more of us just need to get on and call CQ so that the bands will not be so empty. To some degree, lack of activity feeds itself when we aren't active ourselves. 73, Rick, KQ4Y

Rick Abshier, KQ4Y
https://www.qrz.com/db/KQ4Y
Re: Useless as....
2024-12-23 03:38
Registered: 16 years ago
Posts: 3
I agree! When I first used Hamsphere in the early days, the bands were very active and I made many
QSOs. Now I rarely hear anyone on HF. A few on UHF/VHF but HF is dead! What happened? I try
different antennas but to no avail. What was, at one time working, is a dud now!
Re: Useless as....
2025-03-10 21:56
Registered: 4 years ago
Posts: 8
@ KQ4Y so only 5 contacts in 15 years How is that even Possible
I mean what are you doing wrong its Hamsphere 5.0 Now i make 10 or 15 contacts a day
I see many others make more then that. I mean yes some days i choose 5 contacts on different Bands
if you Need any Help join us on 145.5000 at 1600 start time and they will get you sorted out
thats the 40 Meter Help group on 145 .5000
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