Topband: Very Little CW Activity

[VE6WZ Steve]

Roger,
Just to add some perspective from Western NA, the 160m conditions have been absolutely horrible for the last month.
The goe-magnetic activity and AU levels have been so high that the trans-polar path to Europe has been shut down completely for 5 weeks, except for one evening.

Perhaps working into East coast and even mid-west NA from EU has been possible lately, but any path transiting close to the pole has been shut down.

This season up until late January I have worked over 1,400 EU on 160m CW since August. Usually working 20-30 each evening. I check the band almost every night and watch the RBN. Since late January, the band has been slammed shut at my northern latitude.

73, de steve ve6wz



From Babcocks iPhone

> On Mar 26, 2021, at 3:05 PM, Roger Kennedy <roger at wessexproductions.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> 
> Quite a lot of us Europeans come on the band each night calling CQ DX . . .
> but getting very few replies.
> 
> According to RBN reports, DX Propagation across the pond seems reasonable .
> . .
> 
> So is it just that there are very few American stations coming on 160 these
> days?
> 
> Roger G3YRO
> 
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