On 5/24/2014 11:02 AM, Wayne wrote:


"John D" wrote in message ...


If somebody believes that we are in the peak of a solarcycle, how
stupid can someone be ?

The conditions are lower at this 'peak' when a normal cycle was at
its lowest !

Obviously man made global warming is involved.






It is not politically correct to say glob** warm***. Some people will
get very angry at those words and want to fight.

It has become a religious thing and you know how discussions of religion
go.

Of course it is unknown how the temperature of the earth may effect the
ionosphere. We just don't know. Lets all hope that we keep that little
narrow band that is protecting us from ultra-violet radiation. Right now
the Aussies are getting the worst of it.

I am getting periodically very good results from 15 and 20 meters. There
are those days though.....

10 Meters seems mostly dead. Very unusual for a 11 year solar peak.

I seem to have a radiation lobe from my 75 meter loop that must be aimed
right at Northern Europe. I get armchair copy from them most days on 15
meters. I run about 1300 watts on 15 meters and most often get a pileup
in answer to my cq. It is a matter of picking the strongest signal and
who speaks the best English.

Yes I know, I am only fluent in one language. American, guilty as charged.