[Elecraft] OT: geomagnetic storm effects on bands?

2015-11-04 Thread Al Gulseth
Greetings Elecrafters, I have an older Sangean portable next to the bed that I sometimes listen to while I'm settling in for the evening. Frequently I'll tune in W1AW for a quick rough propagation indicator. Last evening 40M, which usually has a strong signal in the 9-10 PM Central timeframe,

Re: [Elecraft] OT: geomagnetic storm effects on bands?

2015-11-04 Thread Jim - N4ST
Of Al Gulseth Sent: Wednesday, November 4, 2015 10:04 To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] OT: geomagnetic storm effects on bands? Greetings Elecrafters, I have an older Sangean portable next to the bed that I sometimes listen to while I'm settling in for the evening. Frequently I'll

Re: [Elecraft] OT: geomagnetic storm effects on bands?

2015-11-04 Thread Rick WA6NHC
You can check the space weather yourself, which will help answer your question. Try looking at: http://ok1dub.cz/wwv/wwv.txt Which as I write this states: :Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2015 Nov 04 1505 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather

Re: [Elecraft] OT: geomagnetic storm effects on bands?: follow up

2015-11-04 Thread Al Gulseth
Gotta learn to be a little less wordy HI HI!! In summary the conditions seemed more in line with what I'd have expected for mid-day instead of several hours after sunset. Guess that's part of what makes ham radio exciting ;-) 73, Al On Wed November 4 2015 11:16:16 am kev...@coho.net wrote: > A

Re: [Elecraft] OT: geomagnetic storm effects on bands?

2015-11-04 Thread kev...@coho.net
A good place to check space weather is : www.spaceweather.com 73 & GL, Kevin. KD5ONS On 11/4/2015 7:03 AM, Al Gulseth wrote: Greetings Elecrafters, I have an older Sangean portable next to the bed that I sometimes listen to while I'm settling in for the evening. Frequently I'll

Re: [Elecraft] OT: geomagnetic storm effects on bands?

2015-11-04 Thread Fred Jensen
http://www.n3kl.org/sun/noaa.html Most everything you could want to know about solar conditions on one page. http://www.hamqsl.com/solar.html The table to the left tells the remainder of the story, including band conditions. As of the time of this email, the best HF conditions we can expect

Re: [Elecraft] OT: geomagnetic storm effects on bands?

2015-11-04 Thread Kevin Cozens
On 15-11-04 10:03 AM, Al Gulseth wrote: I was surprised to hear a stronger signal there than on 40, and I could also hear W1AW on 17 and 15, which are usually dead by then this time of year. Is this possibly due to the current geomagnetic storm? (I'm still learning when it comes to