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Re: Topband: Topband Conditions

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Subject: Re: Topband: Topband Conditions
From: Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
Reply-to: jim@audiosystemsgroup.com
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2025 11:53:19 -0700
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Exactly right, Dave. Solar maxima are terrible for propagation on topband. During solar minima, I've used FT8 to pick up EU countries that noise on both ends of the QSO has made no longer workable on CW from my QTH near San Francisco.

73, Jim K9YC

On 7/25/2025 9:52 AM, Ken WA8JXM wrote:
  When everyone
(mostly) is rejoicing at the sunspot cycle peak and 20-10m  are
running great, 160/80 is poor.  We lowbanders want low sunspots!


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