I don't think it's just topband. I've observed exceptionally good conditions right before a solar disturbance hits earth, on any and all bands.
Tim N3QE On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 12:22 AM, Bob Lawson N6RW <[email protected]> wrote: > Is it just my imagination or have others noticed big 160 meter openings - > hours before big K index spikes? > > It seems that several times, we have had big openings into Europe and Asia > from out here in Arizona and my hopes of having a great opening the next > night was ruined by a big geomagnetic storm. Last Saturday morning, the JAs > were quite weak here. Sunday morning, several Asians had good signals. > BD4WN was the loudest I'd ever heard him and JA3YBK was 10 over 9 at > sunrise until 15 minutes past sunrise. He was still solid 45 minutes after > sunrise. Sunday night, I heard the first EU Russian since getting on TB > almost three years ago. I was looking forward to a great post-contest > Monday night and bang - the K index jumped up to 4 - just like a few weeks > before. I heard no Asian signals this morning and so far no EU on 160 > tonight (Monday night). > > 73 all de Bob N6RW Prescott AZ > > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
