SUMMER propagation is unlike any other season. MUF's are LOWER in summer due to solar heating of the ionosphere (which expands, thus reducing ion density which results in Lower MUF).
Bottom Line, 10M propagation to EU (almost) vanishes. MUF's also rise much more slowly in summer (notice the EU openings on 15M in the afternoon / evening, openings to JA and the Far East in the Mornings, etc. Low Band ABSORPTION increases greatly during summer due to the longer days and 24 hour daylight over the north pole. 160 and 80M propagation to EU / Asia (almost) disappears in summer. 40M propagation peaks well after dark. Best times on the Low bands are in the mornings and can linger for an hour or two past Sunrise due to the slow increase in MUF following SR. Tom N4KG On Mon, 24 Jun 2002 "Bob Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Anybody have an answer as to where the bands went?Apparently to > Europe as most of the spots are from there. > > Is this the summer blahs or is my receiver on the fritz? > > All the propagation pages don't show abnormal condx.Any explanations > out there for this? > > 73, > Bob > W0OXJ ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. ------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems, etc DX-NEWS http://njdxa.org/dx-news DX-CHAT: http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX NEWS items only, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news%40pro-usa.net -------------------------------------------------------
