"Sal" wrote in message ...


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That is a double edge sword.
You can get increased propagation when it hits, or you can get a total
blackout - like we have had the last couple of days.


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The gods of propagation are fickle. I was just in northern California but
wanted to check in with my club's 7183 kHz net in San Diego. I brought a
40m Hustler with some radials. It was all set up and tested around 5:00 PM
and I worked two guys 5-7 within twenty miles of home. All good, right?

At 7:30, that band was as dead as I have ever heard it! I had only some
foreign broadcasters, including Radio Havana at S9. XMIT VSWR was normal;
minimum around 7190 and slowly going up on either side -- same as it was in
the afternoon. Just no prop. Hated life. Plus it was damn cold out on
that sidewalk. (Global Freezing My Butt Off)

LOL...yeah, that the way it goes.
BTW I have been hearing a lot of signals on 20-10 for the past two days.
The openings come and go, and at times there are ENORMOUS pileups.