RE: [HCDX]: Glenn Hauser's SW/DX Report 99-37

["Jary, Richard P" <Richard.P.Jary@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You picked the biggest flare of the week. The flare list at www.ips.gov.au
mentions it as:

Approximate Flare Start  :  28-08-1999 1754 UT 
Approximate Flare Maximum:  28-08-1999 1804 UT  at Flux X 1.1
Approximate Flare End    :  28-08-1999 1934 UT 
LOCATION OF HF FADEOUT: South America/Central America/USA/Canada/North
Atlantic/South East Pacific/

Richard
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Glenn Hauser [SMTP:wghauser@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent:	Thursday, September 02, 1999 9:52 AM
> To:	wghauser@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:	[HCDX]: Glenn Hauser's SW/DX Report 99-37
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> 
>         GLENN HAUSER'S SHORTWAVE/DX REPORT 99-37, Sept 1, 1999
> 
> 
> ** PROPAGATION: SW FADEOUT
> 
> Quite a shortwave fadeout was in evidence Saturday afternoon, Aug 28,
> at 1800 UT check, impossibilizing the hearance of WOR 1000 on RFPI.
> I found not a single signal was strong enough to stop the ATS-909
> scan -- at full gain with external antenna -- on the 21, 17, 15, 11
> and 9 MHz bands -- not even WWCR 9475, normally overpowering; nor 
> VOA with Greece on 17765, ditto. Only a trace of the latter signal
> could be detected. However, WEWN on 13615 was still pounding in! And
> lesser signal from WHRI 13760, Marti 13820, those improving after 1815.
> There's something about 13 MHz... Not a single WWV frequency was 
> audible at 1818 when I was eager to hear what they had to say about the 
> situation. Typically in the aftermath, higher frequencies came back 
> first, with 21460-USB audible by 1840, but 15049 didn't catch up until  
> about 15 minutes later. After 1900, the usual 21 MHz signals from all
> over were up to normal or supernormal levels. WWV reported at 1918:
> For August 27: Solar flux 223; A index 9. K index at 1800 UT Aug 28 4.
> Last 24 hours: solar activity high; geomagnetic field quiet to active.
> **A major flare occured at 1800 August 28**. Next 24 hours: Solar
> activity moderate to high; geomagnetic field quiet to active (Glenn
> Hauser, OK, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING)               ###
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