On 2011-12-28, at 10:32 AM, Joe Giacobello, K2XX wrote:
> Yes, last night (~0500Z) conditions were about as good as I've heard
> them here this season. As many have commented, conditions on 80 and
> 160M have been unusually poor this season. But 80M seemed to have
> awakened a week or so ago and 160M now seems to be following suit.
Hi Guys,
Well THAT certainly figures...!
The best night of propagation on the band in a L-O-N-G time, & Mother Nature
(no doubt aided & abetted by some guy named Murphy...?) decides to dump an all
day mix of heaVY wet snow & rain, followed by a flash-feezing, here in southern
"VE3" land!
The Beverage wire is encircled in a wrap of frozen slush & ice almost 1" thick,
& actually dropped some 4' from one its supports...everything else is radically
"mis-tuned"...
Oh well, everyone here WAS pining for a "...white Christmas". My advice...? Be
careful what you wish for, because it just might come true (even
after-the-fact!).
~73~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ
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