[Lowfer] Band Conditions

Thu, 16 Oct 2003 10:12:08 -0800

Strong visual Aurora here this morning on the way into work @ 0530 hence 
reduction in long range LF stuff. Best conditions "over the pole" so far 
this season were friday and Saturday night 10/11th Oct, after a few days of 
consecutive low K's/ Geomag. Sunday and thereafter deterioated rapidly with 
the onset of > solar wind and them nasty particles stuff.

We get hit here in Alaska  the first few hours after after a geomag event, 
signals >600Km tend to plummet. As you head south the deteroration seems 
takes a little longer...maybe a day or too when you get to 40 deg Lat (?!)

Still seeing DCf39 on 138.83K on QRSS but much weaker (40dB plus) - than 
Friday night.

No lowfers spotted yet, and still nothing from MP/NA on 137Khz.

laurence KL1X Anchorage

>From: "Jay Rusgrove" <[email protected]>
>Reply-To: [email protected]
>To: <[email protected]>
>Subject: Re: [Lowfer] Band Conditions
>Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 13:03:42 -0400
>
>Larry
>
>Thanks for the capture.
>
>At my location conditions lately have been up and down. For example, the 
>night before last VO1NA was serious welding goggle copy almost all night 
>and last night he was considerably weaker and only part time copy......
>
>VD has been on and off for various receiving activities so I wouldn't 
>recommend using it as a band indicator. Loran lines would be a lot more 
>dependable.
>
>

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