Topband: midnight peaks

2016-09-20 Thread K1FZ-Bruce
Larger numbers of low-banders came up at  NA ~midnight from both sides of the Atlantic.   More fun for all.   73 Bruce-k1fz     I often get a peak from 11:30 to 12:30 from Europe    Work F8IQS, G4ERZ, G3ROO, SV3RF, LY2OU, LA7THA, G4UFK,  and others   Even though its near midnight here,

Topband: midnight peaks

2016-09-19 Thread Carl Luetzelschwab
Yes, you have to distinguish between sunrise enhancements and this so-called midnight peak. The 17 November 1996 topband posting that I referenced from DJ8WL told of XZ1N on 1825.5 KHz at 2130 UTC. XZ1N's sunrise would be around 2345 UTC on Nov 17. That's 2 hrs 15 min before XZ sunrise. So this

Re: Topband: midnight peaks

2016-09-19 Thread Kenneth Grimm
Me too, Bruce. I either work or at least hear and spot the same European regulars. I've always associated it with European sunrise rather than something to do with the midnight hour! 73, Ken - K4XL On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 1:30 PM, K1FZ-Bruce wrote: > > > I often get a

Topband: midnight peaks

2016-09-19 Thread Carl Luetzelschwab
Over the years I have seen a few comments with respect to signal peaking around local midnight. If you search on "midnight signal peaking" in the topband archives, you should come up with four results. The one from DJ8WL back in Nov 96 appears to be the only relevant one that I found. I don't