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 <k...@myfairpoint.net> wrote: > > > I often get a peak from 11:30 to 12:30 from Europe > > Work F8IQS, G4ERZ, G3ROO, SV3RF, LY2OU, LA7THA, G4UFK, EA1VM and others > > Even though its near midnight here, it is aproaching sunrise there.73 > > Bruce-k1fz > http://www.qsl.net/k1fz/beverage_antenna.html > > > On Mon, 19 Sep 2016 13:04:30 -0400, Carl Luetzelschwab wrote: > > 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 know if this is somewhat consistent or just coincidental with the > variability of the ionosphere. Regardless, any physical explanation likely > involves D region chemistry. > Carl K9LA > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > > > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > -- Ken - K4XL BoatAnchor Manual Archive BAMA - http://bama.edebris.com "Show me a politician who is poor, and I'll show you a poor politician." - Carlos Hank González _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband