[Lowfer] 600 meter band conditions on 9/14/2010 - Info.

[Andy - KU4XR]

Well, I found this Alert today while looking on the NASA site:

Space Weather Message Code: ALTK04
Serial Number: 1479
Issue Time: 2010 Sep 14 0744 UTC

ALERT: Geomagnetic K-index of 4
Threshold Reached: 2010 Sep 14 0740 UTC
Synoptic Period: 0600-0900 UTC
Station: Boulder
Active Warning: Yes

>From comments I have read on this list in the past, the effects of
an increased " K " Index can last for 2 or 3 days. If that is correct,
that could explain the drop out of propagation last night since it
was around 20 hours from the peak.


Andy - KU4XR - EM75xr - Friendsville, TN. USA
LOWfer Beacon " XR " @ 185.29875 KHz ( QRSS-60 )

*** Temporarily OFF, while constructing a new antenna ***

Coordinates:  N:  35º 43' 54" - W:  84º 3' 16"
http://www.myspace.com/beaconxr


--- On Wed, 9/15/10, Andy - KU4XR <ku4xr at Yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Andy - KU4XR <ku4xr at Yahoo.com>
> Subject: 600MRG> 600 meter band conditions on 9/14/2010
> To: "600 meter group" <SHMRG at piobaire.mines.uidaho.edu>, lowfer at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Wednesday, September 15, 2010, 11:52 AM
> I monitored the 600 meter WSPR window
> for a while on Tues. night.
> In the 02:00 UTC hour, I was getting great signals from
> both
> Dave - /17, and Don - /15 until around 02:40 UTC. about
> that time,
> it seemed that the band just went dead, and for over an
> hour, all
> I could get at best was just very weak, and partial traces
> from
> both stations.  I tried to see if a Solar Flare had
> hit the Earth,
> but evidiently not, at least from the info. I could find
> online.
> 
> Did anyone else happen to have a similar experience last
> night
> around the same time frame ?? 
> 
> 
> Andy - KU4XR - EM75xr - Friendsville, TN. USA
> LOWfer Beacon " XR " @ 185.29875 KHz ( QRSS-60 )
> 
> *** Temporarily OFF, while constructing a new antenna ***
> 
> Coordinates:  N:  35º 43' 54" - W:  84º 3'
> 16"
> http://www.myspace.com/beaconxr
> 
> 
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