[Lowfer] Lowfer WM shutdown on 4/15

[Michael Sapp]

Garry, Mike & All:

    Garry wrote

>Mike, thanks for the heads up on WM activity. Haven't copied it for a good 
>while now. It used to come in reliably in daylight. Guess that shows how 
>conditions have degraded since winter best. I have seen the barest trace of 
>WM so far this morning, and EAR too. EAR had usually been downright strong, 
>but no more.

        Garry, thank you for sharing your relative LF noise level 
observation.  Even back in March I had no luck with WM at all in EN90.  At 
630m wspr2

WG2XJM is no longer copyable at +16 SNR, which had been Eric's usual peak 
signal over the winter.  Current best signal from XJM has been

about +10 range, and that only happening in the early morning before 
sunrise. Other times XJM has been in low single digit positive SNRs or 
negative SNRs

on the 80~90 mile path.   I'll have to give a listen for MP-EAR-MLS and SIW 
and see what my current rx observations yield.  In a way it is reassuring to 
know the

 seasonal  broadband LF/MF noise generator is not limited to my immediate 
location (i.e. my rx still likely working ).....73, Mike wa3tts