Hi All,
Condx do seem to be very "selective" these days. The bands will sound dead as
a doornail one minute, and then some signal will come out of the woodwork. 20
meters has had some short, but decent, openings here mid to late morning, and
then it seems to die. 40 meters is usually best here in the early morning.
Much of Asia and the south pacific comes in early here, but I haven't heard all
that much from ZL/VK. I suggest you listen around 1300Z (a bit earlier perhaps
on the east coast). You are very apt to hear JA1NUT, who seems to get on
nearly every day, and with an outstanding signal. I tend to use him for a
"beacon" as to how the band is doing. I've worked him with everything from 1
watt to 100 watts over the last several weeks, but if he's not S9+, I know the
band is not in great shape. I'm not hearing much of anything above 20 meters.
Afternoon openings to Europe on 40 haven't been very good, but I have heard a
few good signals from Africa. Also, I keep hearing stations in Texas (probably
with good antennas) knocking of Europe contacts with good reports. Obviously
my antenna could use some improvement.
The SFI moved all the way from 69 to 70 recently! There just doesn't seem to
be much good news in the propagation reports. However, even with pitiful
numbers like that, you can snag a couple of contacts if you happen to be
listening at the right time.
Dave W7AQK
----- Original Message -----
From: Tim
To: Chuck - AE4CW
Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 8:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Condx
Chuck et. al.,
Yes, 20m was really sparse today EXCEPT I worked a YS3 (a new one for me) at
around 2100z and a JH9 at 2300Z with my K3 @ 5 watts cw to an inverted L.
Sometimes weird (and poor ) condx can be surprising!
Tim K5OI
Ruidoso, NM
On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 8:08 PM, Chuck - AE4CW <ae...@att.net> wrote:
Yes, 20m seems highly variable the last few days, but between 14:00 and
15:00
UTC today, I managed seven stations on SSB over a big chuck of Europe and
bypassed a number of Italians. Later in the day Liberia and Brazil came up.
Not too impressive but better than I've heard in a few days. The antenna
was a Cushcraft R5 vertical, not the strongest, and 100 watts in an S6-7
noise environment.
Chuck, AE4CW
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