[IRCA] Dare I Say Mid-Winter Anomaly??

2006-11-05 Thread John H. Bryant
Another disappointing morning for TPs. if this is the start of the MWA, we can hardly complain, since the season started a full month earlier than last year. Nevertheless, this morning was pretty much of a bummer. My first run was 90 minutes before dawn and there were a dozen threshold

Re: [IRCA] Dare I Say Mid-Winter Anomaly??

2006-11-05 Thread Bruce Portzer
Mid-winter anomaly? It depends on where you are. Chuck and I were at Grayland this weekend. It wasn't the exactly best I've ever seen there, but it wasn't the worst either. Between the two nights, we had audio on maybe 70-80 channels. Japan was quite poor both nights. I think we could

Re: [IRCA] Dare I Say Mid-Winter Anomaly??

2006-11-05 Thread Russ Edmunds
--- Bruce Portzer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mid-winter anomaly? It depends on where you are. Chuck and I were at Grayland this weekend. It wasn't the exactly best I've ever seen there, but it wasn't the worst either. *** That somewhat parallels the experience we had this weekend for

Re: [IRCA] Dare I Say Mid-Winter Anomaly??

2006-11-05 Thread Patrick Martin
Nick, I noticed that before I went to bed last night around 0900 that at least the powerhouse JJs and 972 KK were in, plus a lot of hets. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KAVT Reception Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

Re: [IRCA] Dare I Say Mid-Winter Anomaly??

2006-11-05 Thread Patrick Martin
Bruce, Yes, DX is still alive and well out here, but not with the punch of a few weeks ago. But after all it is November. Right now a storm is going on with driving rain and wind gusts in the 50 MPH range. Supposed to get worse during the night with gusts to 70 MPH. Hopefully all of my antennas