Topband: Conditions

[Larry Molitor]

Well, there seems to be life in the old band after all!

A35VK was in with a good signal this morning. This was the first Oceania 
I've heard in a  month, except for KH6 in the SP and the first DX since the 
SP. The last OC station heard was 5W0VK. His signal from A35 was much 
better this morning than he ever was from 5W, peaking an honest 559 at 
about 30 minutes before my sunrise, but was completely gone by 10 minutes 
before sunup.

He seemed to be having trouble coping NA stations and was working 2 or 3 
JA's to every NA. I could not hear even a single JA calling him, which I 
thought was unusual.

I saw that the north pmap showed comparatively little aurora activity, but 
don't have any idea how that would affect the paths involved this morning.

80 was the best to OC and the Pac Rim that I've heard in a long time as well.

73,

Larry - W7IUV