Return-Path: X-Spam-DCC: paranoid 1290; Body=3 Fuz1=3 Fuz2=3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on lipkowski.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=unavailable version=3.1.3 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [195.171.43.25]) by paranoid.lipkowski.org (8.13.7/8.13.7) with ESMTP id sAGGLac8002566 for ; Sun, 16 Nov 2014 17:21:36 +0100 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1Xq2VH-0008LR-Fw for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Sun, 16 Nov 2014 16:16:43 +0000 Received: from [195.171.43.32] (helo=relay1.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1Xq2VH-0008LI-5Q for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sun, 16 Nov 2014 16:16:43 +0000 Received: from lb2-smtp-cloud3.xs4all.net ([194.109.24.26]) by relay1.thorcom.net with esmtps (TLSv1:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1Xq2VF-0003Wc-Kd for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sun, 16 Nov 2014 16:16:42 +0000 Received: from pc-roelof ([82.161.81.65]) by smtp-cloud3.xs4all.net with ESMTP id GGGf1p00A1QZTzE01GGg14; Sun, 16 Nov 2014 17:16:40 +0100 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org References: <2798AC58C0E648CFA0FB96187FCCD7CD@AGB> <546347EE.21682.650479@mike.dennison.ntlworld.com> <1F3233E8840B47AFABC056750DD2C708@White> <004d01d0004a$09ab1010$1d013030$@de> <5F9DFFD372D0429B8114B231701A3235@gnat> Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 17:16:39 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 From: "Roelof Bakker" Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <5F9DFFD372D0429B8114B231701A3235@gnat> User-Agent: Opera Mail/1.0 (Win32) X-Scan-Signature: bb61bee384896e075004ae5ec954ddd2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15; format=flowed; delsp=yes Subject: Re: LF: CW 477.7 kHz Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out_1@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.56 on 10.1.3.10 Status: O X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 1201 Hello Alan, Propagation above 200 kHz has been rather poor the last month. As soon as the band starts to recover, another blast from the sun fills the glass to the rim once more, so to speak. In my experience a quiet period of at least ten days is needed for good propagation. When you look at the graph of the Kyoto Dst, you will find that this has not been the case for quite a while. It is interesting to note that the last prolonged quiet period happened to be in last July / start of August. On July 16, I logged 35 Canadian NDB's as far inland as Toronto. This was probably helped by grey line propagation, but none the less it was quite exceptional. At the moment it is really a struggle to hear more then five! After the end of August, propagation has gone from bad to worse. I often found that the start of January gives good propagation. However, on the bright site, nobody knows what is going to happen next and prove my assumptions completely wrong! 73, Roelof, PAoRDT