Re: [IRCA] Auroral question

[Walter Salmaniw <canswl@xxxxxxxxx>]

Paul, that's because you are in the Arctic, hence the auroral zone.
Bizarre things happen up there.  My best reception of Bangladesh on 693
occurred only during very disturbed conditions while on Haida Gwaii.  Not
quite Arctic up there, but far enough north!  73,....Walt

On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 3:24 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. <
walkerbroadcasting@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> When the A index is as high as it is noise with the Geo mag field and sig
> noise level where t is, I won't hear squat up here.  Not a gosh darned
> thing
>
> On Tuesday, October 25, 2016, Chuck Hutton <charlesh3@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Au contraire, Brother Bill. The short term enhancement just as a
> > geomagnetic storm arrives has been noted for a long time. Doesn't always
> > happen and isn't always big. I know of no explanation for it.
> >
> > Chuck
> > ________________________________
> > From: IRCA <irca-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <javascript:;>> on behalf of
> > Bill Whitacre <bw@xxxxxxx <javascript:;>>
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2016 2:48 PM
> > To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
> > Subject: Re: [IRCA] Auroral question
> >
> > Yes, that's the first rule - NEVER let some geomag prediction keep you
> > from the dials!  Nobody here will bet you a new car [or even an old one]
> > that X will happen if the geomag conditions are Y.
> >
> > About the same time all sorts of particles were apparently hitting the
> > ionosphere and driving up the A-index I was having the best TA conditions
> > in a long time in the mid-Atlantic.
> >
> > That's not what one normally expects.
> >
> > Go figure ...
> >
> > Bill Whitacre
> > Alexandria, VA
> >
> > -
> >
> > > On Oct 25, 2016, at 4:40 PM, Russ Edmunds <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx
> > <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > >
> > > Your guess is probably a reasonable one - given that there's a lot of
> > > variables.
> > >
> > > Russ Edmunds
> > > 15 mi NW Phila
> > > Grid FN20id
> > > <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx <javascript:;>>
> > >
> > > AM: Modified Sony ICF2010's (4) barefoot w/whip
> > > FM: Yamaha T-80 & T-85, each w/ Conrad RDS Decoder;
> > > Onkyo T-450RDS; Tecsun PL-310 ( 4);
> > > modified Sony ICF2010's (3) w/APS9B @ 15';
> > > modified Sony ICF2010 w/whip
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 3:47 PM, Mark Pettifor <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Are there any "hard and fast" rules about what areas for DX reception
> > will
> > >> be enhanced when auroral conditions exist? (Excluding the gray line
> > effect)
> > >>
> > >> My experience so far has been that it seems to favor the deep south
> and
> > >> Central / South America from my location (N. Indiana). It's probably
> > >> location-dependent, I would guess.
> > >>
> > >> Best rule is just listen and see what shows up, eh?  :^)
> > >>
> > >> Planning on seeing something interesting this evening, after the
> K-index
> > >> spike today. (While watching the world series of course...)
> > >>
> > >> Mark
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