Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Sunset Skip (SSS) Top Ten Targets-Good Western Conditions

[Les Rayburn <les@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Barry,

Just the sort of information that I was hoping for. From time to time, 
I've seen lists compiled along the lines of "Hear all 50 States on AM". 
Searching the web, I find one from the 1980's, another from 2003, but 
nothing more recent than that.

Seems that I recall a similar article published in Popular 
Communications as recently as 2009-2010?? I remember that I really like 
the PopComm article because it didn't just like the stations, but also 
provided tips of a basic strategy for logging it. It might mention to 
look for a given station just after sunrise in the East, it also went 
into details on pests that were on those channels and "work-arounds" for 
those. All good stuff.

If anyone has that article, I'd love to get a scan. Also sounds like 
good fodder for a DXN, Spectrum Monitor, etc. article for anyone with 
ambition.

Anyone have suggestions for the best chance to log the state of Idaho?


--
73,


Les Rayburn, N1LF
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On 1/14/2014 4:55 PM, Barry McLarnon wrote:
> On 01/14/2014 03:44 PM, Earl Higgins wrote:
> > In my experience, good Western conditions happen when auroral activity is particularly low for an extended period of time. Generally, conditions which favor high latitude reception (TA and TP) are also good for Westerns.
> I agree with Earl... east-west propagation is best when
> solar/geomagnetic activity is low.  Keep an eye on the K index... if it
> hits 0, and especially if it stays there for several days in a row,
> westward ho!
>
> Barry


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