[Lowfer] XND

[Laurence KL7 L]

Hi John - I have a small gap in the 5-9K mountains for a few miles towards NM and AZ and it really helps!

73 and stay warm

Laurence KL7L



> On Jan 8, 2017, at 11:29 AM, JD <listread at lwca.org> wrote:
> 
>> On Sun, January 8, 2017 3:11 am, listread at lwca.org wrote:
>> I notice from the WSPRnet database that a lot of members of this group
>> are monitoring XND's WSPR-2 tonight. What a phenomenal signal he's putting
>> into Kansas!
> 
> I see that overnight he was even spotted in Alaska. After daybreak,
> apparently only W7IUV and I were still watching and/or were close enough
> to see anything, and there was a while now that I've been the only
> reporter.
> 
> As of about an hour ago, the signal faded into obscurity here, and I'm a
> little baffled by that. (It's probably returning while I'm here in town;
> this is about the time it started picking up yesterday afternoon.)  It was
> solar noon at mid-point when it dropped out today, but the D-layer
> obviously shouldn't be blocking groundwave...which I can be reasonably
> sure is my usual mode of reception of XND in the daytime, because I
> normally get a much better daytime signal from him in the warm months when
> there's more high angle solar flux.
> 
> John
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