Topband: Recent Conditions and Propagation From Texas

[Merv Schweigert]

>
> What ingredients are missing here? You would think that the conditions would
> be fantastic, with at least huge signals coming from EU. Where on the web
> can you go to see if 160 meters is going to worth trying on any given
> evening? Apparently, the A, K, Aurora, and sunspots don't guarantee
> anything!
>
> (((73)))
> Phil, K5PC
>
>   
This part of the Pacific is under storm cover for the past few days and 
expected to hang around for
the week,  QRN levels are pretty high,  I have heard signals on the band 
but just too much work to
pull them out of 20 over crashes.  That may be some indication of why 
not many Pacific stations on.
Heavy rains here for the past week also, and now 50 mph wind gusts to boot.
73  Merv  K9FD/KH6