Topband: Improving condx?

K1FZ-Bruce k1fz at myfairpoint.net
Wed Dec 7 15:13:05 EST 2016


 
A few weeks ago someone called it "the midnight effect". (local time)
 
 It is closer to sunrise in Europe for some, but

quite some time before sunrise for others. 
 
Have fun !
 
73
Bruce-K1FZ
 

On Wed, 7 Dec 2016 14:55:29 -0500, Art Snapper  wrote:

      Conditions to EU were better than I have seen so far this season I was only
on from 0430-0500z, but even that was impressive. 
Tom 4O/KC0W was very loud. In fact, he was louder than he is at our sunset
peak. 

73
Art NK8X

On Wed, Dec 7, 2016 at 2:46 PM,  wrote:

> Greetings Topbanders. . . 
>
> I got on the air on TB late last evening about 11:00 p.m. Central Standard
> Time and had a pleasant surprise. I had been QRV 160 earlier in the
> evening and found conditions to EU to be poor (when I have trouble copying
> SV3RF, F5IN, HA8RM, etc., things are bad). However, I got back on later
> having suspicions that maybe conditions were beginning to improve so I
> started calling CQ. I was pleasantly surprised and ended up working 32 EU
> stations (not a bad run from here in the Midwest). It wasn’t a continuous
> run as I stopped to tune around from time to time to see what else might be
> going on. I could have worked more stations but was tired and went to bed. 
> The real surprise was well over half the EU stations worked were either new
> call signs for 160m or all time new call signs. I was careful to make sure
> I was getting call signs accurately so I’m confident the “unique” call
> signs were indeed valid. As we get further into the season I’ve noticed
> the past week or so this pattern of improving conditions as EU SR
> approaches. It most definitely has not always been that way this season
> here in Iowa. In any case, it might pay for you stateside guys to stay up
> a little late as EU seems to waiting. 
>
> 73 and compliments of the Season. . .Dave, W0FLS
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