N4KG used to say "160 is never good 2 nights in a row".
73,
Larry K4AB
On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 11:54 AM Don Kirk <wd8dsb@gmail.com> wrote:
> As a followup to my previous post about great band conditions early Monday
> morning, the band this morning (Tuesday) was back to its typical self if
> not a little worse from here in the Midwest USA. European stations peaking
> 25 dB above my noise floor early Monday morning were lucky to be peaking 5
> dB above my noise floor this morning (which is much more the norm). I
> would call what we experienced Sunday night / Monday morning one of those
> rare special days (magic days). I sometimes notice a day each side of the
> magic days where propagation is a little better than normal, but this
> morning was not one of them here in the Midwest. What Sunday night /
> Monday morning shows is that you must check the band everyday or you have a
> great chance of missing one of those very special moments where the band is
> red hot.
>
> Just FYI,
> Don (wd8dsb)
>
> On Mon, Dec 17, 2018 at 6:20 PM Don Kirk <wd8dsb@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > 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)
> >
> >
> >
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