[80m] Propagation Predictors

[Victor Blackwell]

Try watching the Critical Freq. and if it drops below 80 meters.  Get on the
band.

Vic  AD8K


> From further north like we are in VE6 (53 degrees here) The A and K
> do usually rule what we can work, but there are always exceptions. However
> the low K lately brought the best short path and long path 80 conditions
> in the last 24 hours that I have ever experienced.  Even managed several
> contacts QRP with G and EI stations and G4PEL was worked QRP both ways. He
> was good copy here.  The long path this morning stayed way past sunrise
> and I was still (barely) hearing signals LP at 1700Z which is about 90
> minutes past my sunrise.
>
> Great fun.
>
> 73 Don
> VE6JY
>
>
>  On Sat, 19 Jan 2002,
> Merv Stump wrote:
>
> > Does anyone have any indices they watch which they believe are reliable
> > predictors of propagation on 80 meters.  I have been watching the A and
K
> > index for years and frankly have seen no great correlation between that
and
> > what I work.  Recently I discovered
> > http://www.sel.noaa.gov/rt_plots/dregion.html, which gives you a D Layer
> > absorption level.  So far I still haven't found any great correlation
here
> > either,  but today the D layer absorption is the lowest I have seen it
in 6
> > weeks.  I'll be watching longpath at east coast sunset.  If anyone
observes
> > anything exciting  I hope you will post a note about it.
> >
> > Merv
> >
> >
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