[CVRC] Solar event

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This came from my dad AB6OH.  73, John KD7GZV

Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 09:35:30 -0700
From: John Spradley <za145@lafn.org>
Subject: Solar event

Hi All,
  This morning on the BAJA net 7262 KHz at about 0812 local I heard a long
delayed echo as KD6MQ checked in I heard the "Q" come in after MQ quit
transmitting.  Rod in San Diego, W6MQB thought someone else was checking in.
I called Rod and told him what I had heard, and he agreed that he heard it
also, suggesting that it was a signal that had taken the "long path" clear
around the world.  John Bodwell checked in and said he had heard it also!

About 8:25 the band for about 10 minutes, which I thought was due to the
sudden cloudburst rain we were getting.  K6MOX came on and said that
<http://www.sec.noaa.gov/rt_plots/dregion.html>
reported a large solar flux event affecting most of the U.S.A.
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