On 2011-12-28, at 10:32 AM, Joe Giacobello, K2XX wrote: > Yes, last night (~0500Z) conditions were about as good as I've heard > them here this season. As many have commented, conditions on 80 and > 160M have been unusually poor this season. But 80M seemed to have > awakened a week or so ago and 160M now seems to be following suit.
Hi Guys, Well THAT certainly figures...! The best night of propagation on the band in a L-O-N-G time, & Mother Nature (no doubt aided & abetted by some guy named Murphy...?) decides to dump an all day mix of heaVY wet snow & rain, followed by a flash-feezing, here in southern "VE3" land! The Beverage wire is encircled in a wrap of frozen slush & ice almost 1" thick, & actually dropped some 4' from one its supports...everything else is radically "mis-tuned"... Oh well, everyone here WAS pining for a "...white Christmas". My advice...? Be careful what you wish for, because it just might come true (even after-the-fact!). ~73~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK