Topband: EU opening

[Dennis OConnor]

I have not worked any significant DX since the flare... 
At my sunrise (Michigan) on the 13th I worked JA8ISU on 1815 kc with his signal a solid 2 S units above the noise ...
 Last night right at my sunset I heard UA3ECJ at S1 (noise at S1 also) working the 2 and 4 landers... 
My noise level on 160 has been phenominally low since the flare.. I have grabbed the MFJ259 a couple of times just to convince myself the antennas had not fallen down into the woods.. My feeling is that even the noise is not propagating well... We are having a December heat wave here in the midwest and that always results in deafening noise, but not this time...
But local signals on 160 are booming... W8JI calling CQ was  60+ over S9 on my meter... Either Tom has gone to a tube with handles or high angle is propagating very well...

denny / k8do

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