[Boatanchors] 10 meters

[D C _Mac_ Macdonald]

I said it was a "guess!"

In 1967 I was at a school at Keesler AFB and had
a boat.  We were out on the Gulf of Mexico at night
and were seeing aurora that far south.  Pretty neat!

Mac, K2GKK in OKC


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On Jun 5, 2013, at 15:21, "rbethman" <rbethman at comcast.net> wrote:

> 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).
> 
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