[CW] Absorption?

[Werner 'Joe' Jochem DK7VW]

Ken, KA0W wrote:

> Anyone else experiencing the overall lousy 40m conditions the past
> few days (weeks)?
> 
> There are very few signals moving the s-meter over S9 during the day
> and afternoons. A few weeks aqo 40m was filled with S9 and plus
> signals at my QTH, not just from QRO monster stations.

My QRO monster station is an Omni 6+ plus 700W amp into a R7 vertical.

This is my logbook excerpt of last week (only 40 mtrs, CW - what else?):

ADIF-Export generated with ARcomm HAM Office (4 Rel.2.1b) 
http://www.hamoffice.de
<EOH>
<QSO_DATE:8>20080422 <CALL:4>AK4Z <TIME_ON:4>0108 <EOR>
<QSO_DATE:8>20080424 <CALL:8>FJ/DJ2VO <TIME_ON:4>0021 <EOR>
<QSO_DATE:8>20080422 <CALL:6>EX8MLE <TIME_ON:4>0050 <EOR>
<QSO_DATE:8>20080421 <CALL:5>F5MTO <TIME_ON:4>0736 <EOR>
<QSO_DATE:8>20080422 <CALL:5>K4LTA <TIME_ON:4>2352 <EOR>
<QSO_DATE:8>20080421 <CALL:5>LZ2HK <TIME_ON:4>0732 <EOR>
<QSO_DATE:8>20080422 <CALL:5>W9CPV <TIME_ON:4>0057 <EOR>
<QSO_DATE:8>20080422 <CALL:4>ZV5R <TIME_ON:4>2340 <EOR>

Not too bad for such 'lousy' conditions, isn't it?

Be aware we are approaching summer propagation conditions with strong 
attenuation of signals in the daylight period.

73 Joe

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