[600MRG] weird band conditions last night

[Michael Mussler]

John,
I heard your CQ and called you back but either I was too high in frequency or you didn't copy me. I resumed beaconing about 0230 Z.
73
Mike/12


On Jan 5, 2014, at 8:26 AM, John Langridge <jlangridge at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Last night had really bizarre conditions here.  It was almost like there was a moving line drawn dividing north and south across the US.  If you were north of the line, conditions were really good.  If you were south, forget it...  The line seemed to move rather quickly north and south and there were major variations as seen in the WSPR data from one cycle to the next.  We were in the 60's yesterday and wont be above freezing today so its almost like that line was the cold front that came through over night.
> 
> My CQ session on CW at 0200z yielded nothing last night and the band was kinda noisy even though the front did not contain any storms here.  During this same time frame one of the DL stations on the VLF reflector was indicating a significant amount of whistler activity and listening to his online receiver confirmed a lot of activity.
> 
> the band seemed to settle down over night and wspr reports become "more typical".  The whistlers were fewer in number but I don't know if there is any real correlation there..just an observation to what I was hearing..
> 
> warmer temps early last evening yielded lower base current so I am hoping for something good tonight with two days or below freezing temps.
> 
> 73,
> 
> John XIQ
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