Greeting all, This season has been interesting not because of highlights but because of a noticeable change in propagation at least from my Arizona QTH. I will note from my perspective highlights hav
Hello Bob, I have no experience from the last solar minimum, but I heard plenty of stories! I was really looking forward to this minimum to see the improvements in 160 propagation. I was hoping to kn
Author: Larry via Topband <topband@contesting.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 15:51:25 +0000 (UTC)
Hey Bob, I found the season typical though signals in general were down from this part of the cycle. I did work 128 European stations in the CQ 160 which is a personal best for me. There were many ni
There is a many, many Russians on 160 meter FT8... -- Original Message -- Greeting all, This season has been interesting not because of highlights but because of a noticeable change in propagation at
Perhaps I was misunderstood by some in their comments regarding my post. As Larry N7DD pointed out the stations are there at least in the contests. My comments were pointed at changing propagation ch
Hi Bob, did you take in mind increasing magnetic pole (and accompanied aurora oval) eastern shift from Canada towards Siberia ? 73 Frantisek OK2BUZ --Original Message-- From: Topband [mailto:topband-
Hello Frantisek and others, I wonder how much the magnetic pole has shifted. I have been reviewing the operation of the Brunton Pocket Transit here. It has an adjustment for declination - the angular
Years ago, I think the correction was more like 17 degrees in New England. I did some work on the geomagnetic field some years ago, and remembered getting magnetic variations for London, England ove
Dave, Thanks for your reply. I am reminded that here I may have topographic maps from late 1800's possibly and from the late 1950's. I will dig them out to see what they show. I assume the numbers yo
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Thanks for the comments in this discussion. I have in previous posts commented on the magnetic north pole and it's migration towards Siberia. I feel this has been the primary cause of propagation dis
I worked him at 0500Z Wes N7WS Yesterday I worked EA7X two hours after sunset and then the band closed. _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
Isn't the auroral zone centered on the "geomagnetic pole" rather than the "magnetic pole"? Given that the geomagnetic pole is hardly moving at all in comparison with the magnetic pole, that would ind
3-4 weeks either side of the winter solstice, I worked a dozen or so EU stations using FT8. Nearly all were on the daylight side of their sunrise. Best DX was a UA7 in Zone 17! Last weekend in ARRL D
The emphasis of my questions are based on European propagation path perceived differences since last solar minimum. One thing I am not is a Geophysicist, I have no training there. My comments are on
Author: Henk Remijn PA5KT via Topband <topband@contesting.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2020 14:21:11 +0100
In the previous minimum I could work North West USA and West Canada almost every day. Now it is rare. The path to southwest USA and Carribean is better. 73 Henk PA5KT Op 23-2-2020 om 14:09 schreef W7
I suspect much of the difference may be RX noise levels at both ends of the path. The number of RX noise sources has mushroomed over the past decade, with SMPS, variable speed motor controllers, sola
VP8PJ, in South Orkney is a 559 here tonight. A new one on 160 & my only other S. Orkney Q was on 15M in 1990. Amazingly it took two calls and he came back so N/S propagation is excellent right now.