Topband: interesting evening 1/27 at N4XD

[Ron Spencer]

Band started out great here in NC. Very quiet. Called CQ and lots of strong EU rbn spots which hasn't happened in a long time. OK1CF was quite loud and, around 0046 worked him with 5W. Pretty amazing. 



Then, around 0110 or so, something happened. The noise floor jumped 10 or 15dB across the whole band. A few minutes later it dropped again but still a little higher than before. And signals from EU were down. Karel, OK1CF, must have dropped at least 10dB, maybe more. Listening now, at 0300, Wolf, DF2PY is pretty good copy as are a few other EU signals. But band is not as good as it was earlier. CQing brought just one EU rbn spot at 2dB vs 10 to 15 spots around 2330. Hoping band recovers quickly from whatever caused the issue. Sure was fun earlier!



73

Ron

N4XD






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