Larry your spot on....Tom lived by that rule. It has proven itself out over the years.
Fishing is pretty much the same " should have been here yesterday when they were biting". That the challenge of Top Band at least for me.......... Patience is a must on Top Band along with an efficient radiator and low noise RX antenna. Oh well we all know that eh? 73 to all, Tim , AB4B On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 2:24 PM Larry K4AB <larry.k...@gmail.com> wrote: > N4KG used to say "160 is never good 2 nights in a row". > > 73, > Larry K4AB > > On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 11:54 AM Don Kirk <wd8...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > As a followup to my previous post about great band conditions early > Monday > > morning, the band this morning (Tuesday) was back to its typical self if > > not a little worse from here in the Midwest USA. European stations > peaking > > 25 dB above my noise floor early Monday morning were lucky to be peaking > 5 > > dB above my noise floor this morning (which is much more the norm). I > > would call what we experienced Sunday night / Monday morning one of those > > rare special days (magic days). I sometimes notice a day each side of > the > > magic days where propagation is a little better than normal, but this > > morning was not one of them here in the Midwest. What Sunday night / > > Monday morning shows is that you must check the band everyday or you > have a > > great chance of missing one of those very special moments where the band > is > > red hot. > > > > Just FYI, > > Don (wd8dsb) > > > > On Mon, Dec 17, 2018 at 6:20 PM Don Kirk <wd8...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hi Dave and Gang, > > > > > > This morning I was on from 0600 to around 0730 UTC and the band was in > > > great condition into Europe from the Midwest (but lots of QSB), and at > > the > > > same time I heard KH6 really pounding in strong. I typically call > > > conditions like this morning as one of those special days that occurs > > only > > > a handful of times a year on 160 meters. Stations like DL5AXX and > SM5EDX > > > were at times peaking 25 to 30 dB above my noise floor, but there were > > lots > > > of smaller stations easily workable which is an indicator of very good > > > conditions. > > > > > > Here is a link to a recording of DL5AXX that I made this morning: > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEqLKMjG7L8 > > > > > > 73, > > > Don (wd8dsb) > > > > > > > > > > > _________________ > > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband > > Reflector > > > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband > Reflector > _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector