Topband: 160 and 80 meter QRN prediction

[Pete Smith N4ZR]

Shouldn't you also look at lightning activity on the path between you 
and your area of interest?  I've found quite often that the day after a 
big eastward-moving storm, there is a lot of noise on my path to Europe.

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 5/12/2013 12:24 AM, Mike Waters wrote:
> I've found a web site that tells us if it might be worth getting on the
> radio during spring through fall thunderstorm seasons.
>
> http://www.intellicast.com/Storm/Severe/Lightning.aspx is the current USA
> Lightning map. (Sometimes I just open the main image there [
> http://images.intellicast.com/WxImages/Lightning/usa.jpg] in a tab of its
> own, and refresh it every so often). If the big USA map is full of yellow
> or red in your area of the USA, QRN is probably bad. If not, maybe it's
> worth getting on the air.
>
> But look at two of the small clickable maps above the main map (current
> Lightning Strikes); specifically "Severe Today" and "Severe Tomorrow". I've
> found them fairly accurate predictors of current and future (tonight and
> tomorrow night) QRN conditions on 160 and 80.
>
>
> Also, http://webflash.ess.washington.edu/L_plot_global_map.jpg gives us QRN
> (lightning) conditions in whatever DX country we might be interested in
> working.
>
> 73, Mike
> www.w0btu.com
> All good topband ops know how to put up a beverage at night.
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