[Lowfer] QRO again

[Ed Phillips]

Johan Bodin wrote:
> 
> Hi
> 
> Ed Phillips wrote:
> 
> > Thanks.  I'm in W6 land.  What time do you hear signals from this way?
> 
> Well, I've had a few 20 meter QSOs with W6 stations recently and, if I
> remember correctly, most, if not all, were worked a few hours after
> local midnight (swedish time, approx. 0000-0400 UTC).
> 
> I just plugged today's solar flux and K-index into the W6ELPROP
> propagation prediction program. According to W6ELPROP,
> 0200-0730 UTC is the only usable "window" for the SM6-W6
> path on 14 MHz with present solar conditions. I don't know anything
> about the ionospheric model used by W6ELPROP and my own
> knowledge about propagation theory is just about zero. Anyway,
> W6ELPROP's predictions correlates well with the W6 QSOs
> in my logbook... SM6-W6 is a "polar path", I guess that even the
> slightest aurora will probably kill the signal.
> 
> My beacon is currently pumping 5 mW into the ether, contributing
> to global warming. I am looking forward to reports from W6 <g>
> 
> 73
> Johan SM6LKM

Johan"

	Thanks for the note.  It's about 0000 right now so I'll start looking
for your signal in a few hours.  Lotsa QRN this afternoon but hope I'll
get a picture to send you tonight or tomorrow night.  I haven't used
W6ELPROP, but used to work with Shel Shallon, W6EL back in the 1960's. 

73,

Ed
W6IZJ