Hi, Phil. Understood. I'm fascinated by the propagation
discussion. During my studies, was interest in that subject. The
sun's pretty amazing just by itself. Amazing how much we depend on it.--Matt.
At 10:18 PM 4/24/2015, Phil Scovell wrote:
>Matt,
>
>I hinted at this but I will say it again. The time of day or night makes a
>big difference, which you probably already knew, but even under these poor
>band conditions, some bands close down at night right now including 20
>through 10 but often, just because you can't hear anyone, doesn't mean the
>band isn't open to somewhere. Especially on the lower bands, time of day
>makes a huge difference and some areas of the world can't be worked unless
>you work them at their sunrise and sunset or your sunrise or sunset. Then,
>of course, there is the propagation we call Long Path. It especially works,
>LP that is, on 80 and 40 and 20 meters but it isn't reliable right now due
>to poor sun activity and solar flares. I hate to call it poor because, if
>the sun took a mind to, it could rip a huge solar flare that could do earth
>a lot of damage but it is, of course, the sun that normally creates the best
>bounce off the ionosphere.
>
>Phil.
>K0NX
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