Not bad but definitely not great either. Nobody (USA SOHP/160) has broken 100k so far in CQWWCW for this cycle low. There were 6 consecutive years over 100k (2005-2010) for the previous cycle low. K9LA may comment but I understand cosmic rays cause increased absorption just as high solar activity does. See his post here http://lists.contesting.com/_topband/2016-10/msg00157.html And FYI the 2019 raw claimed high is around 65k.
*Year* *Call* *Category* *Score* *160M* *80M* *40M* *20M* *15M* *10M* *Hours* *Operator(s)* 2018 K4PI SO HP 160M 73,644 277/23/79 19.4 2017 K4PI SO HP 160M 30,338 169/17/60 17.4 2016 W2VO SO HP 160M 12,096 85/17/47 10.6 2015 K7GM/2 SO HP 160M 57,534 263/16/70 20.7 2014 K1ZM SO HP 160M 75,272 312/20/77 23.0 2013 K4PI SO HP 160M 45,724 194/20/72 18.6 2012 K4PI SO HP 160M 43,848 210/20/67 7.0 2011 K4PI SO HP 160M 76,956 307/23/83 13.2 2010 W4ZV SO HP 160M 138,650 475/26/92 15.9 2009 N7UA SO HP 160M 122,100 565/27/73 18.6 2008 N7UA SO HP 160M 139,411 557/30/79 19.9 2007 KT1V SO HP 160M 117,165 505/21/86 16.8 2006 K3BU/8 SO HP 160M 151,970 - 2005 N4PN SO HP 160M 136,653 - 2004 NN1N SO HP 160M 27,432 - 2003 K1UO SO HP 160M 23,332 - 2002 AA6TT/1 SO HP 160M 12,390 - 2001 W2VO SO HP 160M 1,566 - 2000 K1FZ SO HP 160M 45,270 - K1UO On Sat, Dec 14, 2019 at 2:22 PM Tree <t...@kkn.net> wrote: > This morning - I put 21 Europeans in the log. > > Guess conditions are not that bad. > > Tree N6TR > > On Sat, Dec 14, 2019 at 10:24 AM Bill Tippett <btipp...@alum.mit.edu> > wrote: > >> This could account for relatively poor conditions on 160 despite the low >> SF >> and K indices: >> >> *COSMIC RAY UPDATE:* Something ironic is happening in Earth’s atmosphere. >> Solar activity is low–very low. Yet atmospheric radiation is heading in >> the >> opposite direction. Cosmic rays percolating through the air around us are >> at a 5 year high and only percentage points away from a Space Age record. >> Find out what's happening on today's edition of Spaceweather.com >> < >> https://spaceweather.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0c5fce34d5ca05f64a13d085d&id=84e9b2ac89&e=b06d5db3f7 >> > >> . >> >> 73, Bill W4ZV >> _________________ >> Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband >> Reflector >> > _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector