[Lowfer] Good daytime condx! - Antenna stabilty during rain here

[Andy - KU4XR]

Hi John:

That is what I thought would be the case, but due to my lack of
actual experience on LF, I was skiddish to say that. I do know
how 80 meters was during cycle 22 when I was running A.M. ,
daytime QSO's out to 300 miles or so were steady and sure, 
night time would go out to around 700 to 1000 miles, Local 
conditions instead of DX. I had an HT40 running 10 watts on
3885 KHz and worked the 300 mile path with a dipole every day.
When the cycle bottomed out; high bands went dead, low bands
stretched out, local QSO's were many times clobbered by distant
stations.

73 to you :::


Andy - KU4XR - EM75xr - Friendsville, TN.
LOWfer Beacon " XR " @ 185.29866 KHz ( QRSS-60 )
Coordinates:  N:  35* 43' 54" - W:  84* 3' 16"
http://www.myspace.com/beaconxr


--- On Sun, 11/22/09, John Andrews <w1tag at charter.net> wrote:

> From: John Andrews <w1tag at charter.net>
> Subject: Re: [Lowfer] Good daytime condx! - Antenna stabilty during rain here
> To: "Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, & UK) and MedFer bands" <lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Sunday, November 22, 2009, 3:02 PM
> Andy,
> 
> > On propagation; Solar cycle 24 appears to be slowly
> becoming
> > active. A CME was detected today which is forecast to
> affect the
> > " K " index with rising numbers either Mon. or Tues. I
> haven't 
> > been around on LF during an active Solar cycle, so it
> will be
> > interesting to watch propagational changes during this
> cycles
> > upswing.
> 
> You <<may>> find yourself wishing for the
> present good old days. We 
> certainly were for a few years at the peak of the last
> cycle. We would 
> lose anything resembling long-haul propagation for days and
> weeks. 
> Things would just start to recover, and another CME or two
> would start 
> things all over again.
> 
> One silver lining for those available during the daytime is
> the enhanced 
> LF prop sometimes provided by a good-size event. That's how
> Dex and I 
> did the WOLF contact in early afternoon over a 680 mile
> path.
> 
> So continue to enjoy the quiet times. On the other hand,
> maybe the Hifer 
> activity will pick up again when the sun gets active!
> 
> John, W1TAG
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