Return-Path: Received: (qmail 77266 invoked from network); 22 Feb 2004 07:54:06 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ptb-mxscan01.plus.net) (212.159.14.235) by ptb-mailstore04.plus.net with SMTP; 22 Feb 2004 07:54:06 -0000 Received: (qmail 16848 invoked from network); 22 Feb 2004 07:54:05 -0000 X-Filtered-by: Plusnet (hmail v1.01) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Spam-detection-level: 11 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Received: from ptb-mxcore01.plus.net (212.159.14.215) by ptb-mxscan01.plus.net with SMTP; 22 Feb 2004 07:54:02 -0000 Received: from post.thorcom.com ([193.82.116.20]) by ptb-mxcore01.plus.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30; FreeBSD) id 1AuoR8-0004Ft-Dk for dave@picks.force9.co.uk; Sun, 22 Feb 2004 07:54:02 +0000 X-Fake-Domain: majordom Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1AuoQG-0006Nr-6h for rs_out@blacksheep.org; Sun, 22 Feb 2004 07:53:08 +0000 Received: from [64.12.136.5] (helo=imo-m02.mx.aol.com) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1AuoQF-0006Ni-8v for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sun, 22 Feb 2004 07:53:07 +0000 X-Fake-Domain: G0MRF@aol.com Received: from G0MRF@aol.com by imo-m02.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v36_r4.14.) id l.15d.2e5ae479 (3858) for ; Sun, 22 Feb 2004 02:52:32 -0500 (EST) From: G0MRF@aol.com Message-ID: <15d.2e5ae479.2d69b9bf@aol.com> Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 02:52:31 EST To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: 8.0 for Windows sub 670 Subject: Re: LF: 3B9C Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.7 required=5.0 tests=HTML_MESSAGE,HTML_TAG_BALANCE_HTML,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=no version=2.63 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-PN-SPAMFiltered: yes X-Spam-Rating: 1 Content-transfer-encoding: 8bit In a message dated 2/21/04 4:07:04 PM GMT Standard Time, Alan.Melia@btinternet.com writes:

Hi Dave...WHAT LF "SEASON" ....it is certainly not a Propagation "season",
summer Dx was better last year than during the autumn. Anyway conditions are
just starting to improve for the next 4 years or so !!
Enjoy the EME..I dont reckon you will work many in the TerrorHurts
frequencies.

Cheers de Alan G3NYK



Hi Alan.

As you say, the propagation season really isn't a 'season' anymore. I remember Jim telling us about his QSO with VO1NA last summer when we were at Rugby. But based on the comments of the team who went to D68 in 2001, the static level on top band was very high for over 75% of the trip. It's no coincidence that medium wave broadcasting is almost non existent near the equator.

Forgive me for wishing for some unusually high sunspot activity in March / April.  It would be nice to have some good propagation on 10 and 6m during our stay in 3B9.

73

David