Larry,
F layer ionization has been unusually weak due to the winter season "and"
beginning of solar cycle 24, so close in propagation on 160 meters has poor
as a rare skip zone formed much like we see on 80 meters in winter time.
Last night the F layer critical frequency (foF2) was as low as 1775 kc. The
night before the foF2 dropped as low as 1675 kc and the night before that as
low as 1732 kc.
You can track the foF2 at
http://www.ips.gov.au/Images/HF%20Systems/Asia/Ionospheric%20Map/WorldIMap.gif
and
http://digisonde.haystack.edu/cgi-bin/latest.exe .
73 & GUD DX,
Thomas F. Giella, KN4LF
Lakeland, FL, USA
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