> Wow, was everyone in the same contest?!?! Amazing how the opinions =
differ on
> how condx were last weekend.
This has been my 6th Stew Perry, using always the same rig and antennas, =
and I can confirm that DX conditions have been the worst.
Not a single signal heard from USA, just a whisper from VY2ZM, and only =
VE1ZZ worked!
Best DX JH4UYB (19 points) and JT1CO (14 points).
We still need to solve the 160 meters propagation mystery:
on saturday morning, the 28th, I got in my log 15 US stations, even =
with 599 rst both ways; SFI at that time was 117 with Ap 17 while the =
following (contest) day the numbers were 115/12.=20
How can we explain such an unexplainable fall in the DX propagation? =
even worse on monday 30th and tuesday 31st: the band was absolutaly dead =
despite the numbers further down.
As a wish for the future look at the first column in the following table =
to remember how good has been the BAND at the bottom of the cycle; those =
are the number of my SP contest QSO's:=20
=20
Year 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
SFI/Ap 102/0 167/3 207/6 170/1 247/17 115/12
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KL7 1 - - - - =
-
W1 8 11 5 3 3 =
- =20
W2 4 4 - - 3 =
-
W3 9 6 - - 1 =
-
W4 10 8 - 1 2 =
-
W5 6 1 - - - =
-
W6 4 - - - - =
- =20
W7 9 - 1 - - =
-
W8 7 6 - - - =
-
W9 5 - - 1 1 =
- =20
W0 6 3 - - - =
-
VE 3 2 1 1 1 =
1
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TOT.NA 72 44 7 6 11 1
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AS 2 4 3 3 5 =
5
JA 1 1 11 - =
1
OC 1 1 2 - =
-
AF 4 1 - =
-
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Total QSO's 134 136 101 148 123 213
Raw POINTS 1325 854 428 655 451 551
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Year 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
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Actually there seems to be not a great difference between the numbers of =
this year (115/12) compared with those of the 1997 Stew Perry (102/0).
But that Ap number has been stable between "zero" and "two" for almost =
20 days: is all that the answer to our enigma?=20
Looking again for those wonderful West-Coast and Rocky Mountains =
openings, I wish everybody an happy and prosperous NEW YEAR 2003!
Luis IV3PRK in JN66
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