TopBand: the s-word

[Carl K9LA]

Oh, no, Mr. Bill! The S-word!

I agree it’s tempting to tie STRATWARMS to our DXing on 160m, but two 
years of IV3PRK’s log data to North America during STRATWARM months 
didn’t really show any correlation.  He worked us when there weren’t any 
STRATWARMS reported, and he worked us equally well when there were 
STRATWARMS reported.  It sure looks like there is another variable 
running around in there that needs discovery.

I think everyone agrees that this season on 160m so far has not been as 
good as the previous seasons.  My log certainly confirms that (and I 
think my ZF2LA single band 160m effrot in CQ WW CW hints at that, too).  
Could that be due to STRATWARMS?  Well, the 10 year historical STRATWARM 
data says they’ve never been reported before about mid-December.  That 
kind of says STRATWARMS haven’t been the culprit so far.

Regardless, let’s keep our minds open and see what develops.  Maybe I 
should up my weekly offering at church!!

Carl K9LA

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