Re: [IRCA] DX Conditions 10/21

["Bill Block" <billwblock@xxxxxxx>]

Conditions were very poor when I got up and the only stations heard were 
594, 747 and 774.  All three stations were gone by local sunrise.

Bill Block
Prescott Valley, AZ
R390A
155 foot longwire





>From: mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx (Patrick Martin)
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>Subject: [IRCA] DX Conditions 10/21
>Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 11:15:45 -0700
>
>Greetings,
>
>DX conditions this morning started off like a bang. The dial was alive
>when I got up at 1320 UTC. I even had Thai on 531 //891. Yes, it was
>Thailand I heard there the other morning . // with a gal in Thai on 891
>alright. I had theshold audio on 164 with a man talking, but I could not
>tell much. I would guess Mongolia. The CC, CNR 1  639 was armchair copy.
>But it all changed about 1330 or so. The band died. I checked my EWE
>antenna on domestics to make sure nothing had happened to it. But it was
>fine. I went back and where the Thai lady on 531, by 1330 or so, I was
>hearing 2PM Australia with over night C&W, then shortly after that is
>was all JOQG rather poorly the rest of the morning. With a A & K so low,
>I fiqured I would have good DX until after 1500 UTC, but not at all. I
>wonder what the current numbers are? A solar flare or something? I
>turned the radio off by 1445. Except for my Thai on 531, nothing new was
>logged. All that was left by 1400 were the powerhouse JJ and KK, a
>couple CC (936 & 963), and a few regional JJs very poorly. HLAZ 1566 and
>VOA 1575 were still there. If I knew the band was going to die like
>that, I would have gotten up earlier. A disappointment, but there is
>always tomorrow.
>
>73,
>
>Patrick
>
>Patrick Martin
>Seaside  OR
>KAVT Reception Manager
>
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