[Lowfer] 185.3 Tonight

[JD]

Lightning from Montana, Wyoming, and the eastern Gulf tonight gave me static 
crashes ranging from S7 to above S9, but at least it wasn't a continuous 
roar like the last time I tried listening in the field earlier in the week.

Only saw SIW (attached) at the 1750 m watering hole...no sign of WMS, which 
is unusual.

Surprisingly, elsewhere down the dial, DCF77 was the loudest I've heard it 
in ages.  In the short breaks between static, I could determine that it was 
nudging the S-meter by more than two units when it keyed to full carrier. 
That was about 10:40 PM CDT.

Had an interesting evening on 22 meters as well, after sunset.  HiFER MP was 
nice and clear, and so was USC on its newest oscillator--but only shifting 
frequency about half as much as before.  It might be a bit hard to read if 
there were static or codar to contend with.  EH was excellent, as was NC. 
Also could visually read the SIW slant mode, even though the level was too 
low for the QRSS version to be distinguished at all.  I'll put a capture or 
two from HF on the LW Message Board tomorrow.

John 
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