Topband: 160 and 80 meter QRN prediction

[Mike Waters]

Thank you for clarifying that, gentlemen. I should have explained that this
was really not for DXing, since from what I can tell, there hasn't been
much DX lately (to this part of the USA, anyway). I've been mostly
listening and occasional ragchewing on 160m SSB lately. That's now possible
since I finally have my dual-833C triode legal-limit linear amplifier
working. :-)

73, Mike
www.w0btu.com

On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 6:35 AM, Tom W8JI <w8ji at w8ji.com> wrote:

> 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.
>>
>
>
> That's right, Pete. With good directional receiving antennas, other than
> really local storms, noise along the desired path is probably the single
> most important thing.
>
> For example, it makes little difference here what the lightning map looks
> like to the west or south when listening for Europe (NE), but a single
> storm 2000 miles NE can really mess things up.
>