....but I cannot put my finger on what it is. The radio is alive with
signals this evening where yesterday it was zilch, and the background
AND RFI is all much quieter and easier to tame than usual. 60 meters
is hopping with stations, almost as good as the best times of the last
solar cycle, especially Asia and a few Africans (R. Tajikistan on 4765
kHz and CV Voice International on the Zambia relay on 4965 in English
were both pretty nice). For the past several days the bands have been
dead and noise has been obnoxious. I checked the indices and solar
flux - A = 2, K = 0, SF = 80, so not unusual for the last week or so.

All I can figure is that, with the rains that we have gotten here in
California, the ground has finally gotten wet enough to give a good
ground again.

Anyway, I think ground matters! Keep that soil well watered!

Bruce Jensen