Was beginning to look like a "dead" night coming up on 73 band.  Up till 0045, that is, when suddenly decodes began to appear.  Starting in transmitting WSPR 15 at 2200 this evening no decodes appeared until 0045.  I went to Hartmut's grabber and the reason was obvious.  A signal emerged from nothing to what appeared to be a decodable one.  Been that way all evening with usual mild fading.
Activity on 500 also seemed to pick-up and Stefan was solid on 136 DFCW at that time onward.
It's what I find makes these longer waves interesting, to say the least-Bob, WG2XRS/4 [WG4XRS for short on digi modes] NY