This afternoon/evening I was building and testing a 10.0 MHz WWV receiver to replace the dying Heathkit "Most Accurate Clock" receiver at my work. All was going well until the WWV signal faded out suddenly. I fooled with the receiver for an hour or so thinking something had failed, but its sensitivity was still excellent when driven by my service monitor's generator.
Finally I turned on another shack receiver and found WWV gone. What the heck? Did the antenna fall down? No, they all are performing the same. Propagation really dropped out. Now I see that a solar flare started hitting the Earth causing this disruption! I really wish the Sun would avoid these outbursts while I'm trying to build stuff... Steve WD8DAS ______________________________________________________________ AMRadio mailing list List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:[email protected]
