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Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 07:22:22 +0100
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From: "Mike Dennison" <mike@dennison.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: LF: Good conditions coming?
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G3LDO wrote:
>If good conditions are coming they have not arrived yet. However, it 
>might be a case that it gets bad before it gets better.
>
>I have been running 72kHz/137kHz cross-band tests with I5TGC. Because 
>Cesare is  running 20mW erp and I am running about 35mW erp on 72kHz 
>it is a fairly good indication of conditions over a path length of 
>1150km plus the Alps.
>Normally, we see each other but optimum conditions on each band 
>seldom occur at the same time so we have not made a QSO yet. 
>Tonight (8/4) was different - not a whisper either way.

I agree. I have been running crossband tests with Valerio, IK5ZPV, who
has seen my 72kHz signals clearly in the past, but no succcess in the
last week.

There's plainly a lot still to learn about propagation. This is the
value of our puny milliwatt signals - every detail of propagation change
becomes significant. It is in this area of research that we have the
edge over the QRO commercials.

-- 
Mike, G3XDV
IO91VT
http://www.dennison.demon.co.uk/activity.htm