On Sun, 30 Nov 1997, Larry A. Crim wrote:
>
> > Things calmed down by mid-week, but then WWV was reporting
> > a major flare on Thursday and Friday, meaning 80/160 would
> > be dead by Saturday night.
>
> So, is this why I had a difficult time working Europe on 80? It was like
> a one-way mirror in the Atlantic...I would answer loud European CQ's, and
> they would CQ in my face.
>
> 40 was great! Why does this happen on 80 only?
I ditto this remark. All week I'm working loud Europeans on 80M. Friday
night it was exactly what Larry said... a one way mirror. I kept
wondering if something had broken on my antenna or something.
What caused this effect? I don't see that the A & K went up.
73
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