[Elecraft] Dirty signals was: K3 and Mutek Transverter combo?

[Ray Sills]

HI Jim:

Hmmm... I had not considered aurora, a real possibility.  When I heard  
the "rough" CW signals, it was late in the contest, around 7PM or so  
EDST.

73 de Ray
K2ULR


On Jun 11, 2013, at 11:37 AM, Jim Sheldon wrote:

> Gentlemen,
> Those "rough" CW signals were caused by Aurora propagation.  There  
> was a bit of it happening during the contest due to a rather strong  
> Geomagnetic storm that happened just prior to the start of the  
> contest.  Visible Aurora was actually seen as far south as Kansas!
>
> W0EB