[Lowfer] No " SAQ " at KU4XR

[ToddRoberts2001 at aol.com]

Hi Andy,
Thanks for your efforts with the online SAQ receiver. Sorry the  signal 
wasn't
strong enough to override the noise at your location. I had  trouble hearing
SAQ during their daytime 1600 UTC transmission today Dec 10  here right 
along the East Coast, 
so their signal was definitely weak.  Their 
signal sounded weaker  today than it was overnight and static from a storm 
front
that went through  on Wednesday actually sounded worse here today than it 
did
Wed/Thu overnight  hours. This is the opposite of what I usually notice
on VLF when receiving  SAQ. Usually SAQ is weaker at night and stronger
during early and midday  hours for me and usually less static in the 
daytime.

I believe when  thunderstorms get out to the open sea 
they propagate on VLF better than they  do over land. It is a very rare
night or day that I don't always hear at  least some static on VLF, even in 
the dead of winter.
And the rare moment that VLF is truly static free only lasts a few hours  
and I 
can count on the static building up quickly again.
I think the static  propagates up from the caribbean and from the northern
part of South America  even in wintertime to my location at least.

We will all get another  chance to listen for SAQ on their Dec 24th 
transmission.

73 - Todd  WD4NGG