[UK-CONTEST] CQWW SSB - Some thoughts

[Gerry Lynch]

Andy Swiffin wrote:
> If they were it had nothing to do with the SFI, there's been a surprising amount of Es about 
There was a little bump in SFI over the contest weekend, which 
progressed even further up into the mid-80s during the week after WW 
SSB.  Certainly enough to open low latitude paths on 10.

 From Zone 34 it certainly felt like 10 was open properly, via the F 
layer, with long periods of propagation into the Indian Ocean area in 
the mornings and into South America in the afternoon and evening, along 
with some good Eu/Central Asia openings.

On 15, we even heard JA3YBK long path at a good 58 at 2300Z on Sunday (1 
a.m. local) - we'd already worked them of course - shows what kick-ass 
antennas (at the JA end) and a bit of solar flux can do.

It was radically different from the apalling 10m conditions in WW CW at 
much lower latitude PJ2 in 2007, for example.

The Palos Verdes sundancers have done their best - solar maximum here we 
come!

73

Gerry GI0RTN