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, it is aproaching sunrise  there

  .73
 
Bruce-k1fz
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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 report does not look
like a typical sunrise enhancement.

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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 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
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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 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
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