Re: [IRCA] Oct. 25th TPs: Where'd They Go?

[Walter Salmaniw <canswl@xxxxxxxxx>]

Perhaps true, but I'd be very wary believing that the high band conditions
are the best since the 50s.  First of all, the SF is still minuscule
compared to past solar peaks.  I remember well propagation being wall to
wall up well past 30 MHz, and late into the night.  The MUF isn't bad, and I
do hear 10 meters open, but signals are not staggering by any means.  Same
 old terribly boring CBers on 27 MHz in the morning....nope, not my thing.
 Give me MW (and the Tropical bands) anytime over a few old #@%ts calling CQ
and giving 5/9 signal reports....boring!  To each his own, I suppose.  For
me, the thrill of a 100 watt AM transmitter from Australia with real
programming outweighs any ham calling CQ in my shack.  Not very many (none,
actually) Megawatt MW transmitters in the Pacific these days.  Most of them
are putting out far fewer watts than advertised, just with natural aging and
wear and tear.  Fighting domestic stations, hearing anything out of Europe,
Asia, the Pacific, or Africa is one mean feat, especially from the west
coast of North America.  Eliminate the domestic splatter would make the job
of the DXer far easier.  There's a lot more skill involved in this as
well....tweaking the antenna, bandwidth, notch filters, AM vs side band
reception, etc, too.....Walt

On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 6:26 PM, Colin Newell <cafe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> The action is on the other end of the dial.
>
> In the last 5 days I have worked Europe on USB - 10 meters, less than 1
> Watt.
> Transcontinental contacts on 10 using AM, CW and Side band with 100mw
> have also been achieved -- occasional CME's explain why we are
> not picking up 1/2 megawatt medium wave stations from across the Pacific.
> Yesterday at 1800 UTC there was one that struck our upper atmosphere
> throwing the blanket over everything.
>
> Apparently these are the most spectacular upper band conditions since the
> 50's -- and it is expected to improve even more.
>
> On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 09:51:35 -0700 Guy Atkins <dx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >Monitored this morning from 1414-1455, switching regularly from DU loop to
> >TP loop, but nary a 9 kHz trace on Perseus until 1450-1452 when I spotted
> >very weak TP carriers on 594 and 603. They were gone after only a couple
> of
> >minutes, and that was all the so-called DX to be found!
>
> Colin Newell is the editor and creator of Coffeecrew.com, DXer.ca and
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