[Lowfer] Band Conditions AURORAL ACTIVITY

Tue, 08 Oct 2002 09:46:11 -0400

Larry and group,

My experience with LF communications at distances greater than 125 miles is 
pretty much limited to what I have observed since the popularity of QRSS 
Lowfering over the last 3 seasons and nothing like this has occurred. How 
rare is the extended period of auroral activity that we are in?

Bill

>From: Larry Putman <[email protected]>
>Reply-To: [email protected]
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [Lowfer] Band Conditions AURORAL ACTIVITY
>Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2002 09:17:38 -0400
>
>I was able to copy XSR 166.5 last night and very poor copy of WA & VD 
>185.300
>So conditions are still bad!
>
>73
>
>Larry
>
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>
>                               A s t r o  A l e r t
>                                 Sun-Earth Alert
>
>                            Solar Terrestrial Dispatch
>                              http://www.spacew.com
>
>                                 07 October 2002
>
>MIDDLE LATITUDE AURORAL ACTIVITY WATCH 07-10 OCTOBER
>
>       Some persistent and powerful auroral substorm activity has been
>occurring over the last few days. The activity is in response to
>interplanetary magnetic field, which has been oriented in a particular
>way
>that promotes the occurrence of auroral substorm activity. What is
>unusual
>about this activity is that it has been persistent now for several
>days. A
>strong substorm over North America last night between 06:00 and 09:00
>UTC
>(2 am and 5 am EDT) resulted in some impressively bright auroral
>activity
>over a good portion of the north-central United States. Experienced
>aurora
>"hunters" in Northern Germany have also been able to consistently
>photograph
>weaker levels of activity over the last 2 consecutive nights. This has
>been
>possible due to the enlarged size of the auroral oval.
>
>       Similar sporadically strong activity is expected to continue over
>the
>next 2 to perhaps 3 days. The possible arrival of one or two additional
>coronal mass ejections may further help to improve the potential for
>substorm
>activity over the next 48 hours.
>
>
>
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