[Lowfer] Poor LF propagation lately?

[Bill Ashlock]

Gary,

 

Yes, I think the Winter Season is, sadly, coming to an end. I've been watching the Grabulator fairly often, now that I have two signals to look at, and have noticed the number of nights when the noise level is so high that it knocks out the normally strong signals, has increased considerably. Also, even when the noise level is low, I don't seem to be seeing any nights lately when MP is strong enough to display the so-called dog bones at the beginning and end of each character. The surface wave, however, may not be affected, exemplified by the mid-day appearances on days when the noise level is low, of both MP and my Andover Signal.

 

Bill

 
> Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 07:30:20 -0500
> From: k3siw at sbcglobal.net
> To: lowfer at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Lowfer] Poor LF propagation lately?
> 
> Has anyone noticed the lack of skywave propagation the last week or so? 
> Normally beacons MP and EAR are 24/7 copy here, but lately they've 
> barely been seen at night but are fine during daylight hours. MP has 
> been weak on the W3EEE grabber too. Other beacons that have been 
> reliably copied at night like WEB and WMS haven't been seen for some 
> time now. NDB activity is down too, yet some pretty distant signals have 
> still been received fine (like DF in Newfoundland and NY in British 
> Columbia simultaneously on 350 kHz last night around 0700Z). I've only 
> been listening since last May so perhaps this is normal behavior as 
> winter propagation shifts to summer propagation.
> 
> 73,
> Garry, K3SIW, EN52ta, Elgin, IL
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