Now that we've gone through the December solstice and are approaching the March equinox. I figure it's about time to update what's happening with the 80 metre band noise trends.  The solar flux remains quite low and constant, essentially unchanged from a nominal value of 70 since July 2019.  Despite this, the band does open…

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Hello all.  I've made another measurement of the observed noise level in the 80 metre band as a follow-up to the measurement done in early October and do see some expected changes.  Here's the plot: It should be immediately obvious that the noise trend during daylight hours is less saturated at the -110 dBm. level…

Some OVMRC readers, especially those who join the Pot Hole Net on Sunday mornings, will know that there's been discussion on whether the 10 A.M. net start time is too late in the day considering that 80 metres starts to close up at around that time. The problem, it is thought, is that the D…