[ILQSO] W9DY/m preliminary info

[Hank Greeb]

Did anyone check the National Bureau of Standards for the propagation 
conditions during these times?  I remember one OhHoHo QSO Party a few 
years ago where we operating Multi-Multi and were going strong on 40 
through 10 metres from about noon until a few minutes before 1 p.m. when 
it seemed that our rigs failed.  We were using a vintage Yaesu 
transceiver for 40 metre CW, and we were about to start tearing the rig 
apart to try to diagnose the problem when our 10 metre op contacted a 
local who told us that WWV or the NBS reported a solar flair, and all HF 
bands were disrupted.  We waited about a half hour or so, and lo! and 
behold! the bands returned to normal.

I also remember a time in 1956 or so when we were trying a sked from 
Denver to a fellow hams' father in Oklahoma on 20 metres, when the band 
fell out.  We tuned other bands, and everything was nil.  In this case 
we literally took the receiver apart to see if a tube had failed.  We 
later found out about an ionospheric anomaly which had occurred.

73 de n8xx Hg

Danny Pease wrote:
> Bud, I noticed the same kind of thing later in the afternoon, only it was on 75 meters. I thought we had an intermittent problem with the antenna, but the SWR was constant and later the problem went away. It was easily 30 to 50 dB difference but almost instantaneous, from tight in the noise to almost S9. I did not notice it on 40 meters and it was probably 2100 that I was noticing it. 
>
> Danny  NG9R