[ADXA] JA's on 160 This Morning

[w5znjoel at gmail.com]

GM ADXA Folks,

 

This morning was the first time this "season" that we had prop to JA on
160-meters. There were a couple on CW and a few on FT8. Sigs were very good.

 

160-meter conditions have been bad so far however for me it never seems to
open up until around the end of the year once winter finally sets in. It is
a long standing theory that 160-meter propagation works opposite of the
sunspot cycle, that is when sunspot activity is high and the higher bands
are alive the low bands are dead. There is some data to support such a
conclusion but not sufficient to stake a factual claim on. Some of the old
160-meter guys that hang out on the ON4KST Low Band Chat page are already
claiming this is the absolute worst 160-meter conditions ever....those same
folks said the exact same thing last year, the year before, and ten years
ago. ADXA folks are smart enough to reach a conclusion on that series of
statements! 

 

The bottom line on 160-meters is it is really somewhat similar to 6-meters.
The propagation methods are much different but they are unpredictable. If
you're interested in "upping" your totals on 160-meters the only way to do
so is to GET IN THERE and LISTEN, LISTEN, LISTEN.

 

73 Joel W5ZN / ZF2ZN

 

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