[UK-CONTEST] 40m to USA long after sunrise

[Clive Whelan]

Reprise

At 11:55z W9NGA in AZ was 579 working a JA who was inaudible. He was 
running a Kw into a 2el at 25m. No other USA were heard so in view of 
that and his directional antenna, one must speculate that this was a 
highly skewed path. Using just a  vertical here I couldn't check that of 
course. I strongly suspect that once again this was some kind of polar path

The band was once again very quiet indicating low absorption I think. It 
was noticeable  when I last checked ionoprobe that the couple of cycle 
24 spots had disappeared, and the flux had retreated from the heady 
heights of the low 70s, back to the upper 60s typical over most of the year.

A couple of SMs called him when he had finished, but he didn't seem to 
be hearing them.


73


Clive
GW3NJW