Topband: 160 and 80 meter QRN prediction

[Charlie Cunningham]

Wow!! That takes me back! Haven't seen an 833 amp since I was young!!

Charlie, K4OTV

-----Original Message-----
From: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Mike
Waters
Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2013 10:10 PM
To: topband
Subject: Re: Topband: 160 and 80 meter QRN prediction

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.
>
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