A Cold Day in the Park...

You can tell the seasonal change is on its way, it was a very cold and windy day here...and there's snow in the forecast for later this week. Winter, it seems, is nearly upon us.

I've been out activating the last two days, and the bands have shown the usual cold weather improvement we get each year around this time.  DX is coming in from the EU on 15m and 20m, and there's even some activity on 10m these days.

Today the propagation was: SFI=129, SN=83, A Index=12, and the K Index=2. There was quite a bit of QSB, as well as a number of tuner uppers and whistlers.

First in the log today was Roy KD1RT, with a 40m CW contact. VE3 land had the most contacts today with 5. It was the same yesterday, they had the most contacts in a single entity. Normally I never hear or work more than one VE3, so it's nice to see the numbers increase.

Tomorrow is Remembrance Day here in Canada so I will not be out on the radio. Instead I will be at home, remembering some of my old comrades who are no longer with us.

Here's todays and yesterdays contact maps:

November 9th

November 10th

Stay Safe Out There!