Fri night from 9:30- midnight was terrific on 160 from the Columbus OH area. ( Its always surprising how spotty the openings are, however. But the fickle spotlight keeps moving around, thank heavens. ) . Each tune of the band found a handful of new ones, at very soslid copy levels....worked 82 Euro/carribs before going to 80/40. (I operate 160-10m with all wire antennas so its hard to linger on any one band too much- but my qso totals for 160 were a higher % of total Q's in many years.
BUT on Sunday night, 160 was stinko. Saw the reports of high solar wind on Fri-Sat-Sun - dausing auroral issues on all bands, and cndx on all the other bands were well below normal. If anything, 160 Fri night and 20m to JA Sat sunset were the prime openings. Qso totals in central OH were 30% lower than the past 5 yrs for the arrldx-cw test. Worked Roger on 160! _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector