[Boatanchors] 10 meters

[rbethman]

I'd suggest doing some research on the "Starfish shot".

It was quite a bit more than flatulence.

Took out power and phones in Hawaii, with an air burst out toward Bikini 
and Kwajelein. [sic]

I too remember the time frame in the '50s when the Aurora was *very* 
visible on the western suburbs of Chicago.

Bob - N0DGN

On 6/5/2013 4:01 PM, D C _Mac_ Macdonald wrote:
> I would guess that any increase in ionospheric
> refraction caused by the nuke tests would be
> comparable to a wee bit of flatulence in a Cat 5
> hurricane when compared to the levels caused by
> solar radiation and geomagnetice disturbances.
>
> I remember being awakened around 0300 local (EDT)
> in 1958 in my western NY bedroom shack by the
> aurora that was so bright it was almost like day!
>
> Turned on my Globe Scout 65 and Hallicrafters
> S-20R and  had a ball working the west coast on
> 10 meter AM.
>
> IIRC, the old sun was so pocked in the '56 - '59
> time frame, '58 was designated the International
> Geophysical Year (IGY).
>
>