[SECC] [SEDXC] More Notes on 40M

[Tommy]

Nope, didnt hear the 9Y1.

Here is a partial list of 40m QSO's  in the 1100 to 1200 UTC time 
range over the past two weeks:  LR5U - HS1 - HS0 - G0 - SM3 - TF3 - 
9N7JO - UN9 - UA9, etc. They are not very loud and you have to work 
through the 'callers, not listeners', but it sure is fun conditions.

Tom - W4BQF



At Wednesday 05:47 PM 12/28/2005, Macie, Gordon wrote:
>I saw 9Y1VC  spotted this morning on 40.. Did you hear him ? I 
>didn't have time before heading to work.
>
>Gordon N4LR
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: secc-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:secc-bounces at contesting.com]On
>Behalf Of Tommy
>Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 5:44 PM
>To: sedxc at contesting.com
>Cc: secc at contesting.com
>Subject: Re: [SECC] [SEDXC] More Notes on 40M
>
>
>This certainly seems to continue for this year also. Between about
>6:30 to 7:15 am, I have been working both Asia and some western Eu
>stations with pretty decent regularity for the past three to four weeks.
>
>Tom - W4BQF
>
>
>At Friday 03:30 PM 12/23/2005, you wrote:
> >Just thought I would forward this email that Hal sent last year. It
> >is the same time of year and we should expect similiar
> >conditions..  The link still works.
> >
> >73 Good DX
> >
> >Gordon N4LR
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Hal Kennedy [mailto:halken at comcast.net]
> >Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2004 9:29 AM
> >To: SEDXC
> >Subject: [SEDXC] More Notes on 40M
> >
> >
> >Heard/worked on the dipoles before sunrise this AM:  DU, YB1A, VK, HK, JA,
> >OH, DL, GI, G and others.
> >
> >The last three are not errors - I was spotted in England at local Noon their
> >time.  The band was essentially open to everywhere at once (except Africa)
> >this morning.
> >
> >YB1A was S9 yesterday afternoon at our sunset.
> >
> >Most SEDXCers are familiar with gray line DXing, no doubt - but DXing just
> >above the MUF is a subject not discussed very often.  The MUF over Georgia
> >and off to the North East along the gray line has been running between 6 and
> >8 MHz for the past three days.  You can watch it at:
> >
> >http://solar.uleth.ca/solar/realtime.html
> >
> >Note the MUF just to the left of the gray line, wherever it might be when
> >you look.
> >
> >When operating at or just above the MUF, only very low angle signals will
> >'skip,' resulting in unusually good SNR for long haul DX (closer-in noise
> >does not 'skip').  We are at the confluence of the Winter Solstice and that
> >part of the sunspot cycle where MUF before sunrise is around 6-7 MHz.
> >Meanwhile, K has been as low as 1 and no higher than 3 for the past three
> >days.  Translation:  This is about as good as 40 ever gets.  We may enjoy
> >this for another month or so if K stays low.  After that, it could be as
> >long as the next solar cycle upswing (10 years away) before we are back to
> >MUFs of 6-8 MHz on the gray line.
> >
> >If the MUFs go lower still, 80 and 160 will enjoy the improved SNR.  JT1CO
> >was spotted on 80 this morning although I did not hear him.
> >
> >DX is.
> >
> >73,
> >N4GG
> >
> >
> >
> >
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