Tree, I would agree with your assessment. The band in beautiful downtown Ohio has been flat this season. The regulars that are the beacons from EU have been scarce or non existent. I have had several early evenings when the band opened early before sunset with workable stations but later in the evening the band was flat with little action.
I also sense that fewer people are listening or CQing so this may play a factor. I think I have been spoiled by the last several years and will miss running EU stations in the WW 160 test-back to catch as catch can. Hope springs eternal and the listening antennas including the new 3 L HIZ array stand ready for action if the propagation gods allow. Dan W8CAR hopeful in Ohio -----Original Message----- From: Tree Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2011 11:17 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Topband: Boring Report - December Simply put - Decemeber was not very exciting... dare I say almost boring? While I have been able to hear and work some Europeans during the month - signals have been down significantly from normal. Most nights - I either hear nothing - or perhaps only a few weak signals. Most of my contacts have been made by the "skin of my teeth" and there have not been any opportunities to run stations. While I have worked a few stations in the morning - the mornings in the past two years were much better. All of this sort of adds to me thinking conditions are significantly worse than they were the past couple or years. Likely worse than they have been since 2006. Just wondering if this matches the perception of others? Looking back in my logs - it's amazing to me that I actually went through several years of working zero Europeans - but it appears we might be on the brink of this happening again? 73 Tree N6TR _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
