Topband: Lightning QRN season?

[Mike Waters]

Thanks, Don. I do check real-time lightning maps daily, but I have never
seen this site. I'll have to study it more soon, but it more or less seems
to show what we already know: that lightning can occur in any month.

Based on all the replies so far, it seems that my question falls into the
category of "wishful thinking". :-)

73, Mike
www.w0btu.com

On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 8:57 AM, Don Kirk <wd8dsb at gmail.com> wrote:

> HI Mike,
>
> The following website has numerous animations that show Lightning Flash
> Density (based on NASA data), and the top most animation provides pretty
> good insight into lightning activity throughout the year.  Based on this
> animation it looks like Dec and Jan are the best in the US with Nov & Feb
> second best, with October and March third best (various ways to evaluate
> the graphics) and suspect the results of this animation comes as no
> surprise to you based on your 160 meter hands on experience.
> http://www.seiswaves.com/cappelluti/docs/anims/exeter/
>
> When outside the months of October through March I just look at a real
> time lightning map to see if it's worthwhile to go into the shack and turn
> the radio on, and the URL for the map I use is as follows :
> http://www.lightningstorm.com/explorer.html
>
> I use the real time lightning map regardless of time of year to help me
> understand noise conditions on 160 meters.
>
> I suspect most folks in North America would say noise levels start getting
> low in October and start getting bad in March on 160 meters which falls in
> line pretty good with the animation map I mentioned above.
>
> 73,
> Don (wd8dsb)
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 12:26 AM, Mike Waters <mikewate at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>  Anyone have a guesstimate as to when the QRN will begin letting up a
>> little on 160?
>>
>> 73, Mike
>> www.w0btu.com
>> _________________
>> Topband Reflector
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