Larry your spot on....Tom lived by that rule.
It has proven itself out over the years.
Fishing is pretty much the same " should have been here yesterday when they
were biting".
That the challenge of Top Band at least for me..........
Patience is a must on Top Band along with an efficient radiator and low
noise RX antenna.
Oh well we all know that eh?
73 to all,
Tim , AB4B
On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 2:24 PM Larry K4AB <larry.k4ab@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 <wd8dsb@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 <wd8dsb@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)
> > >
> > >
> > >
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