Hi Dave and Gang,
This morning I was on from 0600 to around 0730 UTC and the band was in
great condition into Europe from the Midwest (but lots of QSB), and at the
same time I heard KH6 really pounding in strong. I typically call
conditions like this morning as one of those special days that occurs only
a handful of times a year on 160 meters. Stations like DL5AXX and SM5EDX
were at times peaking 25 to 30 dB above my noise floor, but there were lots
of smaller stations easily workable which is an indicator of very good
conditions.
Here is a link to a recording of DL5AXX that I made this morning:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEqLKMjG7L8
73,
Don (wd8dsb)
On Mon, Dec 17, 2018 at 3:47 PM <daraymond@iowatelecom.net> wrote:
> Greetings Topbanders. . .
>
> Tree’s recent post commenting that “the band is in great shape” has some
> truth. Conditions on topband this morning from the Midwest (Iowa) to JA
> were outstanding. Conditions to at least part of VK were also good as the
> VK4CT RBN had me at 14 db. . .virtually the highest I’ve seen
> (simultaneously Luke/VK3HJ, 1000 miles to the south, said I was weak). Not
> only were conditions good but the QRN level was the lowest I’ve seen it in
> quite a while. While the quiet band certainly helps S/N and pulling out
> the weak ones, absolute signal levels this morning were on par with the
> highest so far this season. I only worked a total of eight JA stations . .
> .six of which responded to my CQs and two of which were CQing and I
> sought. After about 60 minutes I finally gave up and went QRT. Five or 10
> years ago these kinds of conditions would have easily netted 15, 20, or
> even 30 JA QSOs and probably a couple in Z19. Needless to say, things have
> changed.
>
> 73. . .Dave, W0FLS
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