Thanks Chris... :-)
Some time someone should write up a short blurb on propagation conditions from the view point of folks like we SWL'ers.
It's all well and good that the Government does these studies but what the hell are the good of them?
I know computers... I've worked with some big ones IBM360 etc, I know how they are limited and you can't get a good working model without all of the variables... can't happen, but these reports toss out so many known variables it isn't funny... not to mention the unknown variables.
Something like the Sun, weather and climate just don't work well with computer models... I know because I've been there... no joke...
Point is, I am sick and tired of these jackasses that think computer models are the be all and end all of everything. Have these people ever studied 'rounding errors'... In science your best guess might work and often does but is it correct enough to make the computer models work right? I think not, in fact I know not...
<sigh> I'm tired... to hell with it...