N4KG used to say "160 is never good 2 nights in a row". 73, Larry K4AB
On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 11:54 AM Don Kirk <wd8...@gmail.com> wrote: > As a followup to my previous post about great band conditions early Monday > morning, the band this morning (Tuesday) was back to its typical self if > not a little worse from here in the Midwest USA. European stations peaking > 25 dB above my noise floor early Monday morning were lucky to be peaking 5 > dB above my noise floor this morning (which is much more the norm). I > would call what we experienced Sunday night / Monday morning one of those > rare special days (magic days). I sometimes notice a day each side of the > magic days where propagation is a little better than normal, but this > morning was not one of them here in the Midwest. What Sunday night / > Monday morning shows is that you must check the band everyday or you have a > great chance of missing one of those very special moments where the band is > red hot. > > Just FYI, > Don (wd8dsb) > > On Mon, Dec 17, 2018 at 6:20 PM Don Kirk <wd8...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi Dave and Gang, > > > > This morning I was on from 0600 to around 0730 UTC and the band was in > > great condition into Europe from the Midwest (but lots of QSB), and at > the > > same time I heard KH6 really pounding in strong. I typically call > > conditions like this morning as one of those special days that occurs > only > > a handful of times a year on 160 meters. Stations like DL5AXX and SM5EDX > > were at times peaking 25 to 30 dB above my noise floor, but there were > lots > > of smaller stations easily workable which is an indicator of very good > > conditions. > > > > Here is a link to a recording of DL5AXX that I made this morning: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEqLKMjG7L8 > > > > 73, > > Don (wd8dsb) > > > > > > > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband > Reflector > _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector