On my 80 meter NTS net last evening (1830 local time) I noticed that the critical frequency had dropped below 3.5 MHz. I could barely hear some stations that were only 40 miles away and my neighbor Claire N7CM reported that she heard no one but me. (No problem working 5T0SP, however, which entirely made up for the hard time that I had running the net.)
When this happened in the past -- the last time was in Dec 2009 -- condx on 160 were often very good over the pole from here to EU. I haven't heard EU yet this season, but here's hoping! 73, Carl WS7L Last weekend was (finally) a return of over-the-pole conditions in my QTH, > similar to what we experienced frequently in 2009 and 2010. I could hear > _______________________________________________ Topband reflector - topband@contesting.com