Good/bad locating times

[Mike(Mont)]

Winter (October - March)
Good 4AM
Bad 6PM - 8PM

Summer (April - September)
Good 5AM and 3PM
Bad 9AM and 9PM

Clear air better than haze.
Cities and industrial areas not good.
Avoid getting near trees and structures if possible

Okay. look, you don?t have to work at these exact times, or places
but try to get close to the good times and avoid the bad times .
Move to a clear area if you can, but obviously might not be possible

[Mike(Mont)]

Perhaps I should not have said good or bad but rather ?better? and ?not as good?. Other factors can affect things and the mental state of the user is a big factor. The graph is like a sine wave instead of a sawtooth wave.

[Mike(Mont)]

Sorry I have brain fog. Summer times are for daylight saving time, so if you are on standard time:
Good: 4 AM and 2 PM
Not so good: 8 AM and 8 PM

Winter times are all standard time, so no change.

[Mike(Mont)]

Some other factors include wind, precipitation, convection, solar activity. Just a note here: I have noticed days with good convection make for good locating conditions. Cumulus clouds look like big cotton balls. The dirty air gets exchanged with clean air from above. Also before thunderstorms not good. Increasing humidity is supposed to be good but I suspect only to a point

[Mike(Mont)]

Some claim morning rush hour traffic causes dirty air. Afternoon there is maximum convection for better locating. Their test showed the number of sunspots had a significant impact.

So the atmospheric electricity needs to be low for good locating. Winter is always lower so much so that the highest Winter average is about the same as the lowest in the Summer.

[Mike(Mont)]

Don?t believe the few people who say more solar activity is good?it is not!!!

[Mike(Mont)]

Originally Posted by Mike(Mont)

Some claim morning rush hour traffic causes dirty air. Afternoon there is maximum convection for better locating. Their test showed the number of sunspots had a significant impact.

So the atmospheric electricity needs to be low for good locating. Winter is always lower so much so that the highest Winter average is about the same as the lowest in the Summer.

As usual got serious brain fog. Winter is higher, not lower. My brain may not last much longer. Got Covid over a month ago and still not very well. Seems my auto immune system is attacking me. Not good. Cant even get a doctor appointment for another month

[jafal]

Originally Posted by Mike(Mont)

Winter (October - March)
Good 4AM
Bad 6PM - 8PM

Summer (April - September)
Good 5AM and 3PM
Bad 9AM and 9PM

Clear air better than haze.
Cities and industrial areas not good.
Avoid getting near trees and structures if possible

Okay. look, you don?t have to work at these exact times, or places
but try to get close to the good times and avoid the bad times .
Move to a clear area if you can, but obviously might not be possible

Hi

What is your reference ????

[Mike(Mont)]

I purposely left out any references to avoid negative comments, but the study was over a twenty year period for several locations mostly in Europe. All I can say is try it and see if you like it. I tried to post a photo copy but I can’t figure out how to do it on my cellphone.

[jafal]

Originally Posted by Mike(Mont)

I purposely left out any references to avoid negative comments, but the study was over a twenty year period for several locations mostly in Europe. All I can say is try it and see if you like it. I tried to post a photo copy but I can?t figure out how to do it on my cellphone.

Ok Sir

With your long experiment did find gold or so

[Mike(Mont)]

This is not my data. Also, I went back and checked where they took the data--looks like as far north as 69 degrees and as far south as 77 degrees and many places in between. So not just Europe. Some places had some variation, but close enough.

Maybe sometime I will learn how to post the data but it will not make any difference for when to locate. Also, these are averages over twenty years--any given day there can be variation due to the various factors.

[Mike(Mont)]

Don’t give up just because the time isn’t perfect. If your locator has a gain control you can increase the power and see if that helps. Small test target probably could use more power, too. At least that is what my experiments have shown.