Topband: Bad 160m Conditions

[David Olean]

All the flare action normally happens on the downslope of the cycle.   
Who knows what will happen then!!

Roger, I am still trying to fix my 160 rx antennas


73

Dave K1WHS

On 1/8/2023 2:41 PM, STEVE MCDONALD wrote:
>   >(in fact I don't even recall the Cycle affecting Top Band very much, unlike the higher bands.
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> Roger, I somewhat agree that things do seem a little different this time as even HF is not reflecting what these high flux numbers should be doing. I may be wrong but this present run-up of the cycle seems to have much more flaring (sometimes 20-30 per day) than previous cycles have had and these can really disrupt even HF propagation on the polar path. If we can see several days of a quiet undisturbed field things might improve for a bit.
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> Steve 73
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