All 5Feb
In response to the Golden Ear postings herewith 4S7 summary
3 Jan 1515 no sigs
1915 TO0R 579 no qso
2332 UN5J 479
2338 UA9KAA 469
4 Jan 0040 UA4WEA 449 no qso
0053 RW9YY 579
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4 Jan 1240-1520 no signals
1541 A45ZN 579
2230 YB1AQS 449 no qso
5 Jan 0034 UA2FX 559
0037/56 OH's x 3
0100 VE1ZZ 339
0105 SP8NR 339
0108 SM5AQD 579
26 Jan 1212 YB0UNC 339 no qso
1215 JI3KDH 339 no qso all poor copy
1222 JA0MVW 339 no qso sunset 1250 approx
1335 VQ9SS 599 Pres was also complaining
about poor proagation at this time
Not very enlightening but the real essence of the report is the time for no
sigs when I was calling with no takers. There are very few signals to be
had if conditions are mediocre. Basically only about I day in 5 proves
worth the effort. The absorbtion rarely drops enough to let things happen
and the band open up.
I do get a sunrise peak as one would expect but the main openings if they
occur at all is usually around 2100-2300 approx ie some 4-2 hours before my
sunrise when local midnight centres on the path between Sri Lanka and Europe!!
At this time the noise level also drops which presumably means all the noise
is coming in at short skip and it drops off at this time and then the band
opens for longer skip??
I am sure Bob NM7M could enlarge on that.
Apologies for rambling
73
Bob Parkes
PS Will QRT in March 1997. Next QTH is up to the boss!!
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