>From N0SS in central MO we observed that condx were terrible on all bands
Sat PM and into the early AM. At 1200 UTC we were way behind our usual QSO
totals for that stage of the "exercise", but when the sun woke up so did the
bands and we made tons of qso's in the last 6 hrs, mostly on 20. I had the
TR rate meters both above 90 for quite awhile on 20mtr CW during that time
frame. 15 was long and 10 was dead.
Alan NS0B
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck" <k3ft@erols.com>
To: "PVRC Reflector" <pvrc@mailman.qth.net>; "CQ-CONTEST"
<cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 11:22 AM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Band condx - 10/15 for FD 2003
> Anyone have any observations on band conditions for FD weekend? From our
> location (MDC, 900 feet AMSL, trapped 80-10M vertical, CW only op) we
> observed the following as we checked the bands in morning, afternoon,
> evening, and overnight.
>
> 80 - later afternoon - morning (right before D/E layers fattened back up)
> was about average props from MDC
> 40/20 active and busy the entire time
> 15 - only heard sporadic stations, only worked 30 folks or so on Sunday
> 10 - Quieter than a receiver with the antenna disconnected and the gain
> turned down.
>
> Understand prop forecast had active geomag field and VHF was active.
>
> looking for other observations/anecdotes
>
> 73
> Chuck K3FT
>
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