Fabulous QSL's there dxAce = well done.
Telemon may well have a point about the solar maximum.
During the 1989/90 solar peak I had the best reception of really exotic
stations that have never been repeated.
Stations like Nandi, Kiribati, Cambridge Bay and others came in regularly
plus many other wonderful stations, never to be heard again in later years.
The solar peaks in later years produced nothing like that marvellous 1989/90
season.
I've read up a lot about propagation, but have never seen it explained why
that 89/90 season was so good and better than the rest.
--
John Plimmer, Montagu, Western Cape Province, South Africa
South 33 d 47 m 32 s, East 20 d 07 m 32 s
RX Icom IC-756 PRO III with MW mods
Drake SW8 & ERGO software
Sony 7600D, GE SRIII, Redsun RP2100
BW XCR 30, Braun T1000, Sangean 818 & 803A.
GE circa 50's radiogram
Antenna's RF Systems DX 1 Pro, Datong AD-270
Kiwa MW Loop
http://www.dxing.info/about/dxers/plimmer.dx

"Telamon" wrote in message
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dxAce wrote:

dxAce wrote:

Guy Atkins wrote:

"dxAce" wrote in message
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It'll get much better as we head towards Fall and Winter.

PNG and Indo reception from the Pacific NW is usually best from
mid-summer, and then declines as winter approaches. This seems
to be the pattern year after year for some reason. My best
reception of long-gone Radio Enga 2410 kHz has always been in the
summer, for instance.

Ah, Radio Enga. QSL'd here for a reception on November 26, 1986.

Radio Manus 3315 QSL'd March 15, 1985
Radio North Solomons 3325 QSL'd Sept. 30, 1986
Radio New Ireland 3905 QSL'd March 9, 1986
Radio East New Britain 3385 QSL'd April 24, 1984
Radio East Sepik 3335 QSL'd Feb. 21, 1984
Radio Eastern Highlands 3395 QSL'd Feb. 3, 1987
Radio Milne Bay 3365 QSL'd Jan. 2, 1987
Radio Madang 3260 QSL'd Jan. 2, 1987
Radio Central 3290 QSL'd Sept. 30, 1987
Radio Simbu 3355 QSL'd Jan. 26, 1987
Radio Sandaun (West Sepik) 3205 QSL'd Dec. 16, 1989
Radio Western Highlands 3375 QSL'd Nov. 27, 1989
Radio Gulf 3245 QSL'd Oct. 28, 1989
Radio Southern Highlands 3275 QSL'd Jan. 8, 1990
Radio West New Britain 3235 QSL'd Dec. 1, 1990
Radio Morobe 3220 QSL'd Oct. 28, 1989
Radio Northern 3345 QSL'd Mar. 13, 1991
NBC 4890 QSL'd Jan. 30, 1984
Radio Western 3305 QSL'd Jan. 27, 1991

Your QSL's indicate that they were around solar maximum and we are now
at solar minimum. Think that might make a difference?

--
Telamon
Ventura, California