[PaQSO] Propagation conditions for the 2018 PAQP seemed abnormal here in OH

w3hkk at roadrunner.com w3hkk at roadrunner.com
Sat Oct 20 09:10:03 EDT 2018


Curious as to how  YOU saw the propagation this year?  I was unable to  be on Sat, but Sun cndx seemed unusually quiet here near Columbus, OH.   Heard strong sigs from   Phila county, then Lancaster and York counties and a smattering of strong sigs from around the state on 40m, but not so much on 80/75m.  

In other recent contests  ( ie the OHQP in late Aug) 80m was  terrific all day.  As the skip distances  from here in central OH to the  various parts of  OH  are comparable to  the western third of PA, I was especially surprised at the absence of  signals from that area during  the late morning and afternoon Sun.  

Im guessing   the D layer may have been energized  to a higher than normal level, attenuating signals on 80, and to a lesser extent on 40m as well.  Sigs on 40 were spotty but strong from all over PA.
Has anyone  looked at this?  

So Im curious:  How were cndx on 80/40  for those of you within the Keystone state?  I  probably missed  good cndx on Sat and caught the effects of a solar disturbance on Sun.  

I  thoroughly enjoyed this years' PAQP. Kudos on the successful transition. My Clean Sweep plaque  hangs proudly on the shack wall here at W3HKK.

Bob  ex: Phila-Lancaster-Centre-Allegheny county resident, living in  Ohio for the past 37 years.




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