I think Art has the answer.
On the recent poor nights to Europe, moving up 40 and even 20 is wide open
to the normal 160 path.
> manage, where there once was 160 and 80 meter Q's , have now been
> replace with 40 and 20 meter Q's in the same time frame and occasionally
> 15 meters. This would lead one to believe that the MUF is staying too
> high to support GOOD 160 meter propagation.
As the solar flux goes up, I always expect 160 to suffer. It is, however,
still quite good on some paths on some days. It's just a matter of people
being there on both ends.
73 Tom
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