[600MRG] Recent Conditions (WSPR Mode)

[jrusgrove at comcast.net]

Has your antenna current gone up with the increasingly frozen trees/ground? It has here. Total 
antenna R has about reached it's mid winter minimum on 630 and 2200 meters with the latest cold 
snap.

More current pushed through the antenna radiation resistance = more ERP.

Jay W1VD  WD2XNS  WE2XGR/2  WG2XGR/2


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Molnar" <wa3etd at gmail.com>
To: "600MRG" <600MRG at w7ekb.com>
Sent: Friday, February 07, 2014 7:30 AM
Subject: [600MRG] Recent Conditions (WSPR Mode)


> I'm wondering if any of the western stations are observing condiderably
> better conditions over the past two nights, from stations transmitting to
> their east?
>
> Since the winter storm two days ago, I have experienced a dramatic increase
> in the reports from my east, in this case Europe - stations well into
> Europe that have never spotted.  Here in VT, we received essentially a foot
> of snow where there was previously none.  I did determine that WG2XKA was
> performing better based on an uncalibrated remote field strength meter that
> has been untouched for months, meaning I don't move it or change its
> environment.
>
> Unfortunately, the amount of data presented by the WSPRnet requires full
> time work to analyze in the short term, but the recent trend is obvious
> here following the storm.  Other than that, nothing has changed.
>
> Comments highly welcomed.
>
> John WG2XKA in the snow
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