Steve,
Here in Virginia although I made a few European contacts around 0300 the
band didn't really open until their sunrise grayline around 0400 and was
best for me around 0500. I only managed around 30 Europeans this year
compared to 70 in Spring 2020 Stew. I share your observation about the
level of activity but not the condition of the band. Lots of static and
QSB made it much harder to get the 30 Europeans than the 70 in 2020!
73,
Ken - K4XL
On Sun, Mar 10, 2024 at 1:05 PM Steve Harrison <k0xp@k0xp.com> wrote:
> On 3/10/2024 5:27 AM, Roger Kennedy wrote:
> > Well I think I spoke too soon . . .
> >
> > Although there was DX propagation, signals seemed well down this side of
> the pond.
> >
> > Roger G3YRO
>
> I heard very few east coasters working Europe early last evening. OTOH,
> we seemed to have great propagation between SoCal and all along the
> upper east coast; I was hearing and working whatever I could hear as
> much as 15 minutes BEFORE sunset from the desert, including FK09, FN64
> and FN20! At that time (0145 - ~03Z), I heard only a few other
> westerners; it was as though most the other W6s were waiting until after
> dark before getting on. Static crashes? What static?? The band seemed
> abnormally quiet, to me. Unfortunately, I had to go away after 0430Z.
>
> But my impression was that activity was WAY down; there were kHz between
> CQers, so no adjacent CQing QRM that I heard, and NO activity above 1840
> (at least, not until after 0430Z, when I left), and almost none below 1810.
>
> Steve, K0XP
>
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