Topband: Why no NA 160m Activity?

[Arthur Delibert]

I think in the last few days the lightning has died down a lot.  Hurricane Michael seems to have swept a lot of other weather systems away, at least along the U.S. East Coast.  The Intellicast map of lightning strikes in the U.S. is almost clear, something we haven’t seen for months!

Art Delibert, KB3FJO

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From: Clive GM3POI<mailto:clive at gm3poi.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2018 3:49 AM
To: topband at contesting.com<mailto:topband at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: Why no NA 160m Activity?

Having been in Florida in October I can assure you there is plenty of
Lightning around. I don't imagine that will die down for some weeks yet.
Fully audible here as well as in the US.  Check
http://en.blitzortung.org/live_lightning_maps.php?map=30  which will remove
any guess work.
73 Clive GM3POI

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From: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Roger
Kennedy
Sent: 17 October 2018 17:07
To: topband at contesting.com
Subject: Topband: Why no NA 160m Activity?


I know you guys in North America have a lot of Lightning & Static problems
in the summer . . . but surely that's all gone now?

If so, why is there so little activity on CW from NA on Top Band?

Every night there's usually a load of us Europeans on from your Sunset time,
calling CQ DX.

The band is clearly open, from the RBN signal reports . . . but I'll often
come on for at least an hour, and lucky if I have 3 or 4 QSOs !  And even
then, it tends to be none of the big signals.

What makes it even more frustrating is that there's usually LOADS of people
posting FT8 contacts on the 160m DX Cluster . . . but very few proper CW
Stations !

Roger G3YRO

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