[Lowfer] Lowfer watering hole

[Michael Sapp]

Garry & All:

>Signals have been poor for several days here....

        Likewise LF/MF propagation has been close to dismal lately here in 
EN90xn.  I started cleaning all my connectors, etc.,
thinking I had a rx system issue.  I did notice the GEOS nanoTesla geomag 
values have been higher than normal, perhaps contributing to the poor 
skywave.  I still hear daytime NDBs out 300 miles or more at usual signal 
strengths.  The increased T-storm activity certainly does not help, but it 
seems like other Earth-Solar interaction factors have been in play as well.

    On the bright side, the last traces of what were once 3 foot piles of 
snow from driveway shoveling are gone and the April 15 annual paperwork 
ritual is close to complete here.  In a few weks I may even find time for a 
radio bench tinkering session....perhaps even give 185.3 and 137 kHz a 
listen over the chilly weekend....73, Mike wa3tts.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Garry Hess" <k3siw at sbcglobal.net>
To: "lowfer list" <lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, March 27, 2015 8:54 AM
Subject: [Lowfer] Lowfer watering hole


> Signals have been poor for several days here, presumably due to
> thunderstorm racket. Temperatures dropped over night and that may have
> helped since daytime WM is coming in well this morning. Overnight quite
> a few 474.2 kHz WSPR stations were decoded, but SNRs were well below
> what had been normal. Same for 518 kHz Navtex - no west coast decodes at
> all.
> -- 
> 73, Garry, K3SIW, EN52ta, Elgin, IL
>


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