[Lowfer] WA looping in September

[Mitch Powell]

> Nice surprise to see your captures after working all day on the boat! Well,
> we have kept the old string alive into September (not that there was much
> doubt, but it's always good to see the evidence!).

I thought we better have some evidence of September - and certainly a
good ID, with the slant and all.


> Do we have to go into  October to make it 12 consecutive months?

We will anyway - and then I might dig through the files and see if we can
find one from each month and make a single graphic of the year.

>Am I correct in thinking that another sign that the season is on its way is the
length of time (in hours) that WA comes through?

Well - remember back in Feb / March when I was able to get 24 hour capture
..... Reviewing July/August I can see that at times I was only able to get
30 minutes to an hour through the entire morning viewing time. In mid August
I am able to see traces beginning around midnight, but fading out for hours
and reappearing for short periods around 4AM EDT (0800Z). Late August I can
see you at midnight and the fade times are much less..... until now, you are
staying in there all through the night/morning...... sometimes not strong,
but the trace never disappears. In order to keep the size of the Web site
down, I am not putting up the whole 10-12 captures, but there is always a
trace now, as for example - Sep 1 (yesterday) I had 12 captures but only
showed you the better ones.

I will keep monitoring most nights - lightning in your direction/Wisconsin
permitting - and hope TAG appears. I think you have to be pretty solid for
TAG to appear, but it looks like your signal is steadily building.

73

Mitch VE3OT