I have been away for three weeks on holidays with no internet so I am late to
this thread.
I understand Bob’s question. During the last solar minimum, the EU path seemed
to favour the southern latitudes compared to my VE6 location. It was very
common to hear the boys in AZ, NE, CA and even OR a
VP8PJ, in South Orkney is a 559 here
tonight. A new one on 160 & my only other
S. Orkney Q was on 15M in 1990.
Amazingly it took two calls and he came
back so N/S propagation is excellent right
now.
73,
Gary
KA1J
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I suspect that you are exactly right, Jim. :-)
On Sun, Feb 23, 2020, 12:51 PM Jim Brown wrote:
>
> I suspect much of the difference may be RX noise levels at both ends of
> the path. The number of RX noise sources has mushroomed over the past
> decade, with SMPS, variable speed motor controllers
On 2/23/2020 5:09 AM, W7RH wrote:
The emphasis of my questions are based on European propagation path
perceived differences since last solar minimum.
I suspect much of the difference may be RX noise levels at both ends of
the path. The number of RX noise sources has mushroomed over the past
d
In the previous minimum I could work North West USA and West Canada
almost every day.
Now it is rare.
The path to southwest USA and Carribean is better.
73 Henk PA5KT
Op 23-2-2020 om 14:09 schreef W7RH:
The emphasis of my questions are based on European propagation path
perceived differences
The emphasis of my questions are based on European propagation path
perceived differences since last solar minimum.
One thing I am not is a Geophysicist, I have no training there. My
comments are on perceived changes in the aurora ring density as viewed
from my location in Arizona that would h
UA7 is in zone 16
Good luck in CQWW 160 SSB
Sam LY5W
On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 11:29 PM Jim Brown
wrote:
> 3-4 weeks either side of the winter solstice, I worked a dozen or so EU
> stations using FT8. Nearly all were on the daylight side of their
> sunrise. Best DX was a UA7 in Zone 17!
>
> Last w
3-4 weeks either side of the winter solstice, I worked a dozen or so EU
stations using FT8. Nearly all were on the daylight side of their
sunrise. Best DX was a UA7 in Zone 17!
Last weekend in ARRL DX CW, I worked a bunch of EU stations on 80M, most
well into daylight after their sunrise.
73
Isn't the auroral zone centered on the "geomagnetic pole" rather than
the "magnetic pole"? Given that the geomagnetic pole is hardly
moving at all in comparison with the magnetic pole, that would
indicate that the location of the auroral zone itself shouldn't have
moved too much since the las
I worked him at 0500Z
Wes N7WS
On 2/21/2020 11:50 AM, W7RH wrote:
Yesterday I worked EA7X two hours after sunset and then the band closed.
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Thanks for the comments in this discussion.
I have in previous posts commented on the magnetic north pole and it's
migration towards Siberia. I feel this has been the primary cause of
propagation disturbance at my location. That and I'm at the wrong
distance from the aurora itself creating the
> On Feb 21, 2020, at 11:29 AM, Roy Morgan wrote:
>
> In that same building is the US standard 1.1 million pound weight.
That must have been used to measure our gold reserves accurately...😂🤣
Cecil
K5DL
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Dave,
Thanks for your reply. I am reminded that here I may have topographic maps from
late 1800's possibly and from the late 1950's. I will dig them out to see what
they show.
I assume the numbers you show are for London. Also I'd expect to find accurate
current values for my location on line
Years ago, I think the correction was more like 17 degrees in New
England. I did some work on the geomagnetic field some years ago, and
remembered getting magnetic variations for London, England over the last
few centuries. The pole really does move.
YEAR DECL.
1600 8E
1650 1E
1700 7W
Hello Frantisek and others,
I wonder how much the magnetic pole has shifted.
I have been reviewing the operation of the Brunton Pocket Transit here. It has
an adjustment for declination - the angular difference between the magnetic
North Pole and the true rotational axis North Pole.
Here in
: Friday, February 21, 2020 3:57 AM
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Subject: Topband: 160m activity and propagation
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Perhaps I was misunderstood by some in their comments
Perhaps I was misunderstood by some in their comments regarding my post.
As Larry N7DD pointed out the stations are there at least in the
contests. My comments were pointed at changing propagation
characteristics. It is no uncommon for huge swings between my location,
N7DD near Tucson and NA7TB
There is a many, many Russians on 160 meter FT8...
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Subject: Topband: 160m activity and propagation
Greeting all,
This season has been interesting not because of
Hey Bob,
I found the season typical though signals in general were down from this part
of the cycle. I did work 128 European stations in the CQ 160 which is a
personal best for me.
There were many nights when I had the EU RBN lit up with huge reports but no
answers to many CQ's. I blame that on
Hello Bob,
I have no experience from the last solar minimum, but I heard plenty of
stories! I was really looking forward to this minimum to see the
improvements in 160 propagation. I was hoping to knock off some
countries in deep Asia. (Yeah, right!) So far I am not impressed. That
being said
Greeting all,
This season has been interesting not because of highlights but because
of a noticeable change in propagation at least from my Arizona QTH. I
will note from my perspective highlights have been few.
Yesterday Dave W0FLS was holding court calling CQ. I could just barely
hear the D
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