[Lowfer] HiFER Thursday--and Friday

[JD]

Domestically, conditions were better today.  MP returned to full strength 
(including frequent audibility) after antenna repairs; NC was consistently 
visible; EH was audible at times with only a relative few fades today; and 
USC behaved similarly to EH.  No SIW, however!

Copied WV better by ear today than yesterday, and thought I heard one "2" 
from Z2, but it was not followed by anything else over the course of several 
minutes.  No other regular CW HiFER beacons heard today.  Plenty of CODAR, 
though.

All this was between 7 and 8 PM CDT, as I had been tied up earlier in the 
day.

On LF, static was peaking above S9+20, but it was not a constant roar this 
time--there were even 1 or 2 second intervals of relative quiet--so I was 
able to get copy of MP at 137.7805 just as the sun was setting.

John D